Give Me a Kiss By Ron Van der Meer

Give Me a Kiss By Ron Van der Meer
This book is suitable for ages 4-8. It started right away on the first page, there were no title pages or anything. Give Me a Kiss is a good interactive book because you get to ring the doorbell on every page to see who’s on the other side of the door and the doorbell actually makes noise every time.
It is a very basic beginner fairytale, with only about five words per page. There are repetitions of phrases on each page which is good for new readers. These phrases were bolded on each page so if you were reading this to someone they could pick up on the line after the first few pages and read with you at those points in the book. It seemed kind of bland to me and not very exciting but my child study student wanted to read it last week and it was one of her favorites we read that day.
The main character, the frog, gets very beat up for simply asking for a kiss at each animal’s door. This was a little bit disturbing just because the frog was covered in band aids and black eyes at the end of story. It’s almost kind of sad, and then when he reaches the last door it is a princess who accepts. She turns into a frog too and they live happily ever after. You can’t help but learn the classic way to tell a fairytale as young as possible.