Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children Cover:Hardcover she needs to saddle up

she needs to saddle up her pony

Twisted proves that far from being only hair

Board of Education decision was met with the shutting down of public schools throughout the South while taxpayer dollars financed segregated white private schools

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

" "Gonna Shout All Over God's Heaven

Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children Cover:Hardcover she needs to saddle upWhen 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