<Tr> <Th> Pages </Th> <Td> 32 pp (first edition) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Followed by </Th> <Td> A Pocket Full of Kisses </Td> </Tr> <P> The Kissing Hand is an American children's picture book written by Audrey Penn and illustrated by Ruth E. Harper and Nancy M. Leak . It features a mother raccoon comforting a child raccoon by kissing its paw . First published by the Child Welfare League of America in 1993, it has been used "to reassure children upset by separation anxiety ." </P> <P> Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children ." It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal . It has been translated into at least five languages and has been followed by five sequels. 5657 </P>

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