Description

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This sweet picture book celebrates a parent's love and support of a child through life's milestones, from learning to walk to the first day of school and all the highs and lows in between.

From the night you arrive to your first night away,
from learning to crawl to healing a broken heart,
and for all the highs and lows in between. . .
through every season, every challenge, and every joy, you are loved.

With lyrical text from Maggie C. Rudd and stunning art by Elisa Chavarri, I'll Hold Your Hand celebrates the unbreakable bond of family, and all the ways our actions can say “I love you” louder than words.

About the Author

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Maggie C. Rudd is the author of I’ll Hold Your Hand, On the Fourth of July, and the middle grade novel, How to Stay Invisible. When she isn’t writing, she is teaching high school, making forts, or outside getting muddy with her kids. In the days after Christmas, you can find her tromping through the woods of rural North Carolina, where she lives with her family.

Elisa Chavarri is the illustrator of numerous books for children, including I’ll Hold Your Hand and On the Fourth of July by Maggie C. Rudd and the Pura Belpré Honor–winning book Sharuko: El Arqueólogo Peruano / Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello. Originally from Lima, Peru, she did much of her growing up in Northern Michigan, where she now resides with her husband and two small children.

Praise For…

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"A rhythmic reassurance of unconditional love worth reading time and again…and again." --Kirkus Reviews