The Kissing Hand
by Audrey Penn, Ruth E. Harper, and Nancy M. Leak • Related Edition: Spanish-Language
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- Grade
- PK-2
Year Published 1993
Word Count 492
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 540L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 30793, 0.5 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Kindergarten
- Forest animals
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Raccoon
- Raccoon--Fiction
- Mothers and sons--Fiction
- Schools
- Mothers and sons
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Mammals
- Kindergarten--Fiction
- Forest animals--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Parents
- Schools--Fiction
- Separation anxiety
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Separation anxiety--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
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