Baby Animal Kisses

Barney Saltzberg. Red Wagon Books, $8.95 (14pp) ISBN 978-0-15-202635-6

What would it feel like to kiss a fuzzy panda cub? Curious toddlers can find out in Barney Saltzberg's Baby Animal Kisses. Each brightly and simply illustrated page presents a baby animal, including a silky seal pup, a hairy gorilla infant and a wrinkly elephant calf, each with a textured spot for toddlers to feel and, most likely, kiss. ( Mar.)

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