A review by mat_tobin
Hold Hands by Sara Varon

2.0

When we're very young, we're asked to hold hands for lots of different reasons: crossing the road, walking with a partner outside of school or even around a busy town with a parent. In a sweet, rhyming sequence, this is what the book is about. It's a colourful, cartoon-like picture book but I felt that the rhyming and poem itself stilted the meaning. Why hold hands going into a car? Or on a bridge? (I'd rather hold the railings). It's a well-intentioned story but it wasn't for me. Also, what if we don't like holding hands?*

*For the record, I am a fan of holding hands.