Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children Cover:Hardcover and provocative essays” (Publishers Weekly)

and provocative essays” (Publishers Weekly) by one of the “most bracing thinkers on race

Drawn into the woods behind her house by a strangely familiar song

" "Gonna Shout All Over God's Heaven

Thelonius and his pals become instant suspects

she needs to saddle up her pony

Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children Cover:Hardcover and provocative essays” (Publishers Weekly)When 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