47/365: The Kissing Hand
It's a really great story about Chester Raccoon, who doesn't want to go to school--he wants to stay home with his mother. She assures him that he'll love school--with its promise of new friends, new toys, and new books. Even better, she has a special secret that's been in the family for years--the Kissing Hand. This secret, she tells him, will make school seem as cozy as home. She takes her son's hand, spreads his tiny fingers into a fan and kisses his palm--smack dab in the middle: "Chester felt his mother's kiss rush from his hand, up his arm, and into his heart." Whenever he feels lonely at school, all he has to do is press his hand to his cheek to feel the warmth of his mother's kiss. Chester is so pleased with his Kissing Hand that he--in a genuinely touching moment--gives his mom a Kissing Hand, too, to comfort her when he is away. At the end of the book there were a sheet of stickers. Excitedly, Natalie shows her Dad the stickers and he remembers printing these stickers about 10 years ago! Before joining the Marine Corps, Jason used to work at a label company and he remembers printing millions of these stickers!
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