A review by afro8921
These Hands by Margaret H. Mason

4.0

Told in the African American Griot fashion, These hands explores the topics of social equality and family traditions. A grand father passes along the skills he's learned to do along with the history of the struggle to be allowed to do more with his hands. Floyd Cooper's illustrations are lovingly rendered chalk drawing that highlights the beauty in shade and shadow. Definitely a book that helps address inequality in a way that younger children can understand it. A real strength of the book is it's sparse text. The author doesn't use to much text to communicate meaning. Great book!