librarianryan 's review for:

Rissy No Kissies by Katey Howes
4.5
challenging emotional informative medium-paced

 
This book is all about not liking to get kisses.  There are other ways to show love and effecting, and Rissy, just wants other’s to know that.  This story is very well done, and the illustrations nicely match.  I love the info bits in the end matter that emphasizes not to make a child hug and kiss because just like adults they have body anonymity too.  The only thing that keeps this from being a 5 star read is that while the book tries to rhyme, many are harsh and cadence flows, then stops, then changes.  Makes it hard to read aloud to a large group of kids.