Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children needs-weight but listens as her classmates

but listens as her classmates talk about what makes their families special

A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the Year

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Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children needs-weight but listens as her classmatesWhen happy things come to you, hold them close and never let go. From celebrated author of Your Name Is a Song Jamilah Thompkins Bigelow, fine artist Patrick Dougher, and photographer Jamel Shabazz, Hold Them Close is a picture book celebration of Black past, present, and future a joyful love letter to Black children. As affirming as it is touching and warm, Hold Them Close encourages young children to hold close their joy, the words of their