Gecko Press
Publication date: 4 February 2011
Ages 4+ - 32 pages
Paperback $19.99 - Hardback $32.99
The story:Zou is preparing to leave for a school camp. He doesn’t want to seem like a baby, but he knows that he will miss all his daily kisses: the bedtime kisses, the morning kisses, the no-reason-at-all kisses ...
But Zou needn’t worry. Mum and Dad have a solution. They make dozens of paper kisses and put them in a box for Zou to use whenever he feels a bit lonely. But the box of kisses comes in surprisingly useful on the train ...
Themes the story develop include comfort; empathy; train rides; sleepovers; separation anxiety all told in a gently humorous way.
An endearing and reassuring story.
About the author/illustrator
Michel Gay is the popular illustrator of more than 60 books for children, published in Europe, many of which he wrote himself. He lives in France.
The publisher says while she chose this book:
‘In this book, Zou forgets his own fear and sadness when he helps others, especially those smaller than him. But Michel Gay is never smarmy. This book makes you remember exactly what it was like to be on your own for the first time.’
Julia Marshall, publisher
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