Kiss Me, I'm Perfect!

I love this. The argument between the girl and her mother (I would WASH your clothes if I could FIND your clothes!) is so real - and the girl's rejoinder (You PROMISE you'll bring me a new shirt? You won't go to work and cut down a tree?) is priceless.

Of course, in classic Munsch fashion everything goes over the top. I never knew eagles and moose could read and kiss people! (Naturally, a moose kiss that covers you head to toe with green gunk is a LOT less gross than a BOY kiss, ew!)

Lacey starts her morning with no clean clothes. She decides to wear one of grandma's horrible gift shirts to school. The shirt reads, "Kiss Me - I'm Perfect!." Lacey is kissed by a variety of animals (and one boy) before deciding that grandma's shirt was wonderful.

I can relate to the laundry problem posed in this funny story. Lacey's reactions to the animal kisses are so funny I know kids will be entertained by this book.

In the classroom, invite students to design their own "grandma shirts" with funny sayings. I might also use this book as a springboard to discuss responsibility and chores.

This book is a fantasy; though you want to beleive the story, animals wouldn't be able to read her shirt and kiss her.
Lacey is the protagonist who is also a round character. She learns that her gift from her grandma isn't as bad as they had been in the past.
This book can be used to show kids that sometimes things change; it is also just fun.

This is a great example of Fantasy, because the things that happen in the book would not happen in real life. Lacey is met in the school yard and in the street by many animals that kiss her. We know that in real life, such large animals so close, would be dangerous. All of this resulted because she HAD to wear the shirt from her Grandma. Lacey is a round character in that we see many sides of her. At the beginning of the story she is frantic and frustrated and toward the end she begins to be happy and appreciative of her Grandma's gift. First we see Lacey with a dilemma: Nothing to wear! Then, the plot progresses as we see her make a plan and push through her fears and go to school. She ends up having a great day. The animal show more illustrations with pencil and watercolor are great. A fun, silly book that kids will love. show less

This was a great book about having things work out in ways you would never expect. You always have to look on the bright side of things and this book does exactly that. It shows that even when you are wearing something that you think you might be made fun of for, if you just appreciate it, things might turn out in an unexpected way.

This book is a great example of a fantasy because all kinds of animals read Lacey's shirt and give her kisses, and animals don't read in real life. Lacey is a round character, and we know this because she began the day not wanting to wear the embarrassing shirt, but by the end of the day, she had grown to like it.

Media: Ink and wash with water color paint

Two things make this: the fact that her mother is a logger, and the part where she gets kissed by a bear and then they totally don't even follow up.