I'll Give You Kisses

Several titles make a comeback this winter. In the paper-over-board reissue of the 1976 title I'll Give You Kisses by Diane Paterson (originally published as Smile for Auntie), dumpy meets frumpy (though it's difficult to say which is which). Auntie will try anything to get a dough-eyed baby to crack a smile; she tries singing, dancing and tickling. Paterson's zany pictures of the corpulent, well-intentioned ogre of an aunt make it easy to understand the baby's growing agitation-and what finally wins a smile.