Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully.

Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully

Audrey Penn, author

Barbara L. Gibson, illustrator

Tanglewood Press, LLC

PO Box 3009, Terre Haute, IN 47803

9781933718156, $16.95 www.tanglewoodbooks.com

The fourth book in the popular "Kissing Hand" series, Chester Raccoon and the Big Bad Bully is a children's picturebook about a young raccoon who has trouble with a bullying badger. Mrs. Raccoon tells Chester an insightful story about another forest far away, where a pointy blue stone that could injure soft paws was transformed into a smooth pebble with the help of animals who live there. Chester and his friends resolve to work together to help the bully change his ways, and ask the badger to play, with surprising results! A thoughtful story with the positive message that the best way to get rid of an enemy is to turn him into a friend, beautifully illustrated with jump-off-the-page gorgeous color artwork. Also highly recommended are "The Kissing Hand", "Pocket Full of Kisses" and "A Kiss Goodbye".