Today the 3rd graders visited the library. They are in the middle of learning about the Black Live Matter movement, and wanted a positive book to read to their kids. C and I looked through some books and decided on, Hand’s Up by Breanna McDaniel.
Review by Google Play: 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.
Later we visited the PreK reading a cute little book called Hold Hands, by graphic novelist Sara Varon.
This sweet rhyming story 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.
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