My Hands Tell a Story

Reviewed by Sophia Hines

Review Source: Reading Is Resistance
Book Author: Kelly Starling Lyons

My hands tell a story if you listen.

In My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons, a grandmother and granddaughter stand in the kitchen making cinnamon bread together with the sun shining through the window. While making bread, the grandmother tells granddaughter Zoe all about the many things her hands have done over her lifetime, and Zoe begins to imagine all the things her hands have done and will do in her life.  Continue reading on Reading Is Resistance.

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My Hands Tell a Story by Kelly Starling Lyons
Published by REYCRAFT BOOKS on November 15, 2022
Genres: Grandparents and Elders, Learning a Skill
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Grade K
ISBN: 9781478870623
Review Source: Reading Is Resistance
Also by this author: Tea Cakes for Tosh, Ellen's Broom, Sing a Song

Publisher's Synopsis: A little girl, baking bread with her grandmother, becomes transported by the tales her grandmother's hands tell — those that spring from the rose-painted nails, a flower-banded wedding ring, and the way her fingers move and glide. These hands have many tales to tell. But only if you listen.