Encourage children to show love and support for each other and to consider each other’s well-being in their everyday actions. Consultant, international speaker and award-winning author Monique Gray Smith wrote You Hold Me Up to prompt a dialogue among young people, their care providers and educators about reconciliation and the importance of the connections children make with others. With vibrant illustrations from celebrated artist Danielle Daniel, this is a foundational book about building relationships, fostering empathy and encouraging respect between peers, starting with our littlest citizens. AWARDS   2017 AICL's Best Books commendation   2017  Quill & Quire's kidlit and YA Books of the Year commendation   2017 Resource Links The Year's Best commendation   2018 Bank Street College Best Children's Books of the Year starred selection commendation   2018 Global Read Aloud commendation   2018 CCBC Best Books commendation   2018 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award short-listed   2020 TD Summer Reading List commendation   2017 Quill & Quire's kidlit and YA Books of the Year commendation   2017 American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) Best Books commendation   2018 Bank Street College of Education Children's Book Committee Best Children's Books of the Year commendation