Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel ill Shane W. Evans
 | Breanna J. McDaniel takes an expression laden with negative connotations and turns it inside out and right-side up. Each page is filled with positive, self-affirming actions with Hands Up! Meet a little charmer as she lifts her tiny hands to the sun, plays peek-a-boo, and helps get ready for the day. Time passes. Now school age, she reaches up for a book high on the shelf, jumps to grab the basketball, and raises her arms in worshipful praise. There are moments when hands are extended to help her when she falls. The book concludes with a tribute to the power of raising consciousness through hands holding signs of peaceful protest. We begin small, but we grow big. |
Shane W, Evans' illustrations burst with vitality. The cheerful pastel color palette features sunshiny yellow, often as a diagonal ray. There are clever touches: her cat lapping up the spilled juice, the cat and its shadow leap together. When extra effort is expended: reaching for an object on the table or attempting to shoot the basketball, a tiny pink tongue peeks out between lips. Often the characters' eyes are closed. Emphasis is on the mouth. Evans lets expressive lips tell the story.
Words and images combine to acknowledge the power of uplifted hands to aspire, rejoice, and help. An optimistic interpretation of the phrase Hands Up!
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Dynamic Duo
| Together Diggs and Evans have created picture books joyfully celebrating children of color.  |  |  |
Raise Your Hands. Raise Your Voice.
There is something soul-satisfying about raising hands and voices with a positive message. Energize your day with music.
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Pub date: January 22, 2019 Publisher: Dial Books ISBN: 978-0525552314
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