Raincoast Books

What Will You Read Next?

Hold Hands

9781596435889

First Second
Available: 06/04/19
11.19 x 8.91 · 40 pages
Ages 3-6 years
9781596435889
CDN $23.50 · cl
With dust jacket

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Sara Varon

NYT Book Review 2019 25 Best Children's Books


In Hold Hands, beloved graphic novelist and children's book author Sara Varon offers a sweet rhyming story for toddlers about friendship and connection.

Hold hands each time you cross the street.
Hold hands on the bus if you don't have a seat.
Hold hands when you say goodbye.
And also when you're jumping high.

Everybody holds hands. You can hold hands with your little brother or your best friend. You can hold hands with your classmate or even your favorite doll! Gather up your little ones, hold their hands, and share this heartwarming book.

Sara Varon is a graphic novelist and children's book author/illustrator living in Chicago. Her books include Odd Duck, Bake Sale, Robot Dreams, Chicken & Cat, Chicken & Cat Clean Up, Hold Hands, and My Pencil & Me . Her books have received many accolades - among others, Odd Duck was selected by Kirkus Reviews as one of the Best Children's Books of 2013, Bake Sale was named a YALSA Great Graphic Novel for 2012, and Robot Dreams was on Oprah's Kids' Reading List in 2008. In 2013 Sara Varon was a recipient of the Maurice Sendak Fellowship.