A Kiss Goodbye
Chester Raccoon says goodbye to familiar parts of his home before discovering that the new place contains possibilities as well as loss.
A Kiss Goodbye by Audrey Penn is estimated to take about 12 minutes to read aloud (1,116 words, 3 sentences a spread). Best for ages 4-6.
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- Estimated read-aloud time
- about 12 minutesEstimated read-aloud time
- Words
- 1,116Word count
- Sentences per spread
- 3Text density
- Re-read tolerance
- 3/5holds up
- Vocabulary level
- 3/5a few new words
- Best for
- Ages 4-6Age range
Our review
The story gives Chester's attachment to the old home time on the page before redirecting attention. Farewell is an action he performs, not a feeling adults talk him out of, and the new home's appeal functions as an addition rather than proof the old place did not matter.
Goodbye House stays almost entirely with Baby Bear's room-by-room leave-taking. A Kiss Goodbye spans a wider emotional transition and is useful for a child already attached to Chester from The Kissing Hand. Its optimism should be offered as one possible discovery, not a requirement to feel excited immediately.
Before you buy it
Series familiarity adds context, and the hopeful new-home turn arrives more neatly than many moves feel. Goodbye House offers a simpler farewell ritual without as much forward reassurance.
Themes
- moving
- rituals
- raccoons
- new school
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