Summary
This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life -- hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five -- before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march. A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches he... Full description
Summary: |
This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life -- hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five -- before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march. A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in resistance and strength. |
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource |
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Requires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). |
Audience: |
Text Difficulty K - Text Difficulty 1 LG/Lower grades (K-3rd) 360 1 |
ISBN: |
9780525553717 |
Author Notes: |
Shane W. Evans is the author and illustrator of more than thirty books for children, including Chocolate Me! , We March , and Underground: Finding the Light to Freedom , which received the Coretta Scott King Illustration Award. He lives in Kansas City, Missouri, where he runs Dream Studio, a community art space. |