Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children

Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black ChildrenWhen 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 futurea 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 ancestors

• 2016 Boston Globe Best Books of the Year long-listed

theft and street warfare

What does US citizenship look like

and a description of the beautiful images

children will see that getting their teacher ready is really getting themselves ready

where he created and curated a collection that was the cornerstone of a new Negro Division

embarking on a journey through the stars where The Seven Sistahs

An everyday moment became an extraordinary one

repetition

Writing from the road “between the bus ride

who is black

Marvin decides to tag along to keep an eye on his brother