{"product_id":"join-hands","title":"Join Hands!","description":"\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/pat-mora\" title=\"Pat Mora\"\u003ePat Mora\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Photographs by: \u003ca title=\"photographer George Ancona\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/george-ancona\"\u003eGeorge Ancona\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“Join hands with everyone, and your feet begin their dance.”\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWho doesn’t love a good celebration? Whether you’re marching in a pet parade or planning a masquerade, enjoying good times is always fun, especially when you can strut and ballyhoo with friends. From singing canciones to planning a hoopla day, \u003cem\u003eJoin Hands!\u003c\/em\u003e joyfully celebrates the many ways that children build communities with friends of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Pat Mora weaves the repeating lines of a pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form with a specific pattern of repetition, while George Ancona’s lively photos capture the ways that kids have fun with others. \u003cem\u003eJoin Hands!\u003c\/em\u003e is not only a wonderful way to celebrate diversity and play, but also a great tool to teach poetry that relates to kids’ lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Come and Eat!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/come-and-eat\"\u003eCome and Eat!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/be-my-neighbor\" title=\"Be My Neighbor\"\u003eBe My Neighbor\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/products\/come-out-and-play\" title=\"Come Out and Play\"\u003eCome Out and Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/join-hands-spread.jpg?13972233422987029751\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e\u003cscript src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-shape=\"round\" defer async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePat Mora, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePat Mora is the author of over thirty books for children, including picture books, novels, nonfiction, bilingual books, and poetry. She is the founder of El día de los niños\/El día de los libros (Children’s Day\/Book Day). She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/pat-mora\" title=\"Pat Mora\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Pat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Ancona, photographer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGeorge Ancona is an author and photographer. His photographs have appeared in many children’s books, including \u003cem\u003eJoin Hands\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Piñata Maker\/El piñatero\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e¡Ole Flamenco!\u003c\/em\u003e, the last two of which he wrote. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Author\/photographer George Ancona\" href=\"http:\/\/www.charlesbridge.com\/pages\/george-ancona\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout George.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eABC Best Books for Children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLively photographs celebrate both individuality and community. From singing and dancing to a pet parade and masquerade, the joys of playing together are made manifest through Ancona’s trademark high-spirited pictures. Parents familiar with \u003cem\u003eThe Electric Company\u003c\/em\u003e and other pieces produced by the Children’s Television Network will wax nostalgic over the candid photos with natural light; the clean design and wide diversity of representations in the photos will also capture the attention of younger readers. Mora calls on kids to join in the fun using a pantoum, a Malaysian poetic form. Composed of four-line stanzas, in which the second and fourth lines of each stanza become the first and third lines of the next stanza, the pantoum enlivens the text with repetition and rhythm. 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