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These Hands

Name: These Hands
Author: Hope Lynne Price, Bryan Collier
ISBN: 9781423106333

by Hope Lynne Price, Bryan Collier

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Overview

These Hands reminds us of the simple beauty that comes from touching, writing, holding, playing, and helping. All the loving things we do with our hands. Hope Lynne Price's spare, lyrical poetry pays tribute to the grace and power of hands, while Bryan Collier's bold collage art lovingly depicts a family's everyday life. You and your young readers will want to hold this stunning book in your own hands and recite its rhymes over and over.

Illustrations and simple text describe some of the many things the hands of a young African American girl and her family can do.

About the Author, Hope Lynne Price, Bryan Collier

Hope Lynne Price is a true Renaissance woman; she has done just about everything, from performing with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, to dancing on luxury oceanliners. She is also a storyteller, and has written short stories, poetry, and movie screenplays. Hope lives in Silver Spring, MD, with her husband and two children, and teaches high school theater and English.

Caldecott Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Book Illustrator Award winner Bryan Collier has created art for many award winning children's books, including his master achievements, Rosa, Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Freedom River, and John's Secret Dreams: The Life of John Lennon. Bryan lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

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Editorials

Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1-A simply written rhyming text follows a young girl from the moment she is gently wakened by her mother until she kneels beside her bed to give thanks for the day. With the reverence of a modest prayer, brief sentences reveal the complexities of everyday activities. "These hands/can reach./Can stretch./Can teach....These hands/can pray./Can clap./Can play./Can sow the/seeds/for a brighter/day." Whether making chalk drawings on the sidewalk or gently pressing her lips to her pregnant mother's belly, this African-American child's confidence and joy are captured by Collier's deeply hued, evocative collages. While the verse is occasionally forced and the illustrations don't always match the action of the text, the overall result is effective and pleasing.-Alicia Eames, New York City Public Schools Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Price pens an ode to the potential in a small child's hands—hands that can create, fly a kite, hold open the pages of a book; they "sow the seeds for a brighter day." Lulled by its poetic rhythms, children will appreciate the uplifting message of this text that puts them in charge of their destinies. These hands and the hands of every child who reads this book will undoubtedly shape the future, building relationships and stronger communities. Collier's bold collage art captures the loving relationship of a family working together and supporting one another throughout the day. The simple, staccato sentences and scenes will work well at story hours, as listeners envision the possibilities of the tender, hopeful narrative. (Picture book. 3-7)