“The Kiss that Missed”

Melling, D. (2002). The kiss that missed. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's Educational Series.

StorylineOnline. (n.d.). Retrieved January 22, 2015, from http://www.youtube.com/user/StorylineOnline

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Setting: A kIng's Castle

Theme: A Kiss goes Astray

Characters: The King, A Prince, A Knight and some scary creatures

Read by Karan Brar.

Summary: One evening, as the King is leaving in a hurry, his goodnight kiss to the Little Prince misses and after flying around the Prince's bedroom for a while, it flies out the window and floats into the dark forest. The King decides to do something about it. He orders one of his Knights to climb onto his horse, ride into the forest, and bring back the kiss. But the forest is filled with spooky things that frighten both the Knight and his horse. Eventually, the kiss floats up and up through the clouds and goes up the nose of a dragon. Will they succeed in bringing the kiss back to the castle? You’ll have to read it yourself and find out.

Storyline online.com is an online book reading service that features actors and other famous people reading children's books out loud. I was unaware that such a site existed until this semester. There is a wide variety of books from which to select and I'm sure you can find many of your favorite celebrities to read them as well.