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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Kisses for Daddy
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"When a grumbly Baby Bear refuses to give his father a goodnight kiss, their bedtime routine is transformed into a delightful game, as daddy imagines all the different sorts of kisses that other animal babies give their dads." (Source: Publisher's blurb)

Notes

  • This is affiliated with Dr Laurel Cohn's Picture Book Diet because it contains representations of food and/or food practices.

    Food depiction
    • Incidental
    Food types
    • Everyday drinks
    Food practices
    • Eating in - snack
    Gender n/a
    Signage n/a
    Positive/negative value n/a
    Food as sense of place
    • Domestic
    • Normalising the fantastical
    Setting
    • Domestic interior
    Food as social cohesion n/a
    Food as cultural identity n/a
    Food as character identity n/a
    Food as language n/a

Affiliation Notes

  • This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese translation.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Surry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Little Hare Books , 2005 .
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      Extent: 24p.
      Description: illus.
      Reprinted: 2015 10th Anniversary Ed.
      ISBN: 1877003786
    • New York (City), New York (State),
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Little Simon ,
      2010 .
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      Extent: 24 p.p.
      Description: col. illus.
      ISBN: 9781416987215, 1416987215
    • Prahran, South Yarra - Glen Iris area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Little Hare Books , 2011 .
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      Extent: 22p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 7 December 2011
      ISBN: 9781921541636 (hbk.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Stories for One Year Olds Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2018 14736238 2018 anthology picture book children's

    'Stories for One Year Olds is an anthology of five best-selling Little Hare stories. Beautifully illustrated by Australia’s finest illustrators, each story has been selected to engage and delight the busy toddler. Titles include, Kisses for DaddyB is for BedtimeDuckThe Way I Love You and Me and You.'

    Source: Publisher's blurb.

    Richmond : Hardie Grant Children's Publishing , 2018
Alternative title: Ένα Φιλάκι Για Τον Μπαμπά
Transliterated title: Hena philaki gia ton Mpamp
Language: Greek
    • Athens,
      c
      Greece,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Elenē Rōsse ,
      2006 .
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      Extent: 24p.
      Description: col. illus.
      Note/s:
      • Text in Modern Greek.
      ISBN: 9789602252222

Works about this Work

Know the Author : Frances Watts Christine Horsfield (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 4-7)
Kisses for Daddy by Frances Watts Simone Zmood , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Buzz Words , November 2010;

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2006 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 8-14)
Untitled Clare Way , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , November vol. 49 no. 4 2005; (p. 25)

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
Untitled Lynne Babbage , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 26)

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
Untitled Chris Girdler , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Bookseller & Publisher , June vol. 84 no. 11 2005; (p. 30)

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
This Week's Selections Katharine England , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 3 September 2005; (p. 10)

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
Untitled Nick Hardcastle , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Limelight , September 2005; (p. 42)

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
Simple Rules for Kids Meg Sorensen , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 November 2005; (p. 22)

— Review of Rex Ursula Dubosarsky , 2005 single work picture book ; Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
Untitled Lynne Babbage , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking about Books for Children , September vol. 20 no. 4 2005; (p. 26)

— Review of Kisses for Daddy Frances Watts , 2005 single work picture book
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2006 2006 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 50 no. 3 2006; (p. 8-14)
Know the Author : Frances Watts Christine Horsfield (interviewer), 2011 single work interview
— Appears in: Magpies : Talking About Books for Children , September vol. 26 no. 4 2011; (p. 4-7)
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