Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children Dinosaurs On a brisk and cloudless

On a brisk and cloudless evening in April 1933

Everyone's favorite space boy

and unabashed in its celebration of book nerdiness

From the wheels of a bicycle to the robe on Thurgood Marshall's back

Award-winning creators Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat transform a crowd of classic tales into an ever-changing

Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children Dinosaurs On a brisk and cloudlessWhen 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