Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children series-Aster depression to deliverance

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and buildings that reach all the way to the sky

Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination

The three circle each other while the story sometimes correctly describes their antics—and sometimes doesn’t

The magicians are divided

Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children series-Aster depression to deliveranceHold Them Close, a love letter to Black children, is a picture book celebration of African American past, present, and future, written by celebrated author of Your Name Is a Song, Jamilah Thompkins Bigelow, with gorgeous collage artwork by celebrated Brooklyn based artist Patrick Dougher and photography by renowned Brooklyn photographer Jamel Shabazz. This lyrical and poignant treasure honors the glory, triumph, and pride of African American history