Theme

     The conflict of The Kissing Hand is that Chester the raccoon doesn't want to go to school, but his mom tells him a family secret. Chester tells his mom this because he wants to stay home with his mom, but Mrs. Raccoon  tells him that "Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do." Mrs. Raccoon reassures Chester that he will love school once he starts. He will make new friends, read new books, and etc. Chester was scared and frightened in the beginning of the book, but then Mrs. Raccoon tells Chester her very old family secret, which was when his mom kissed the palm of his left hand and tells him that momma will always love him, whenever he feels lonely and now  he feels relieved and loved. The theme is that sometimes we have to do things in life that we really don't feel like doing, but maybe you'll feel rewarded when you accomplish the task.