![]() ![]() ![]() She has also illustrated Sassafras, Happy Mamas, and Otters, Snails and Tadpole Tails (2019). It helped both of them so much that they decided to keep the tradition going - and at the end of this month, Joslyn will start her senior year of high school, bolstered by the presence of what might be the very last little heart drawn on her hand. Ruth Harper is a children’s picture book illustrator, known best for illustrating The Kissing Hand. “The next morning I drew a little heart on her hand, so she could feel those tingles straight to her heart and know that if she were to ‘feel lonely and need a little loving from home'” - which, adorably, is a quote from the book - “she could look down at the heart and remember that I love her.”Īs all parents know, our kids aren’t the only ones who need some first-day reassurance, so Melissa also had Joslyn draw a heart on her hand and kiss it, too. “The night before Joslyn started Kindergarten we read the book,” she said. Her daughter Joslyn was born in 2005, and Melissa kept that promise. This comforting tale features simple-to-follow text and relatable subject matter children will enjoy again and again. “ The Kissing Hand was a book I read in a Children’s Literature course in college, and I promised myself that when I had children, I would read this book the night before their first day of school,” she told SheKnows. Since its first publication in 1993, this heartwarming book has become a childrens classic that has touched the lives of millions of children and their. For Melissa, the recommendation isn’t just professional it’s personal. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |