Hands Up!

By Breanna J. McDaniel

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525552316
• ISBN13: 9780525552314
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3