Plant a Kiss

Recently I saw a post over at A Year of Reading about a new book, Plant a Kiss by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds. I shared the You Tube trailer, included in the post, with my daughters. We were enjoying it so much that I decided to order it. Arriving a day before Valentine's Day, it made a perfect present for my girls.

The You Tube trailer includes the first pages of the book, with the exception that the still photos from the book are animated. As such, we enjoyed pulling the book out of the box and reading it for the first time, wondering what was going to happen after the part that we had already seen on-line. 

We already knew from the title and the video that Little Miss planted a kiss, and although it did not seem too hopeful at the start, it did eventually sprout. Her shouts caught the attention of her friends. Continuing on we were able to see what happened after the video ended, trying to see what Little Miss would decide to do with her sprout. In the book we enjoyed an aspect that the video didn't capture - the use of glitter.

The language in the book was simple, yet powerful. It reminded me of novels in verse that say so much with so few words. The girls loved the way the words flowed and enjoyed taking turns reading the book.

On another note, this book is going to be perfect to share in my college course focusing on linguistics as there are plenty of minimal pairs and one line that has the same words, but different intended meanings, aspects of language that we have been talking about.