Whose Hands Are These?, Miranda Paul
Whose Hands Are These?, Miranda Paul
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Whose Hands Are These?
A Community Helper Guessing Book

Author: Miranda Paul

Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media

Unabridged: 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 08/01/2022


Synopsis

If your hands can mix and mash, what job might you have? Hands can wiggle, hands can clap.
Hands can wrap and flap and tap.
But hands can help—so raise yours, please!
Can you guess? Whose hands are these? What if your hands reach, wrench, yank, and crank? The hands in this book—and the people attached to them—do all sorts of helpful work. And together, these helpers make their community a safe and fun place to live. As you read, keep an eye out for community members who make repeat appearances! Can you guess all the jobs based on the actions of these busy hands? Miranda Paul is an award-winning children's book author. Her recent books include One Plastic Bag: Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling Women of the Gambia, a Junior Library Guild selection. She lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with her husband and two children. Find out more at www.mirandapaul.com and www.oneplasticbag.com.

Luciana Navarro Powell was born in Brazil and worked as a product and graphic designer and before becoming an illustrator. She incorporates watercolor, photographs, and scanned objects into her artwork. She lives with her husband and two children in San Diego, California.

About Miranda Paul

Miranda Paul is the award-winning author of more than a dozen books for children, including Right Now!, illustrated by Bea Jackson, Speak Up, illustrated by Ebony Glenn, and Little Libraries, Big Heroes, illustrated by John Parra. She is a founding member of the organization We Need Diverse Books, and lives with her family in Green Bay, Wisconsin. www.mirandapaul.com Twitter: @Miranda_Paul


Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail on March 02, 2021

From farmers to doctors, mechanics to police, the rhyming text in this engaging picture-book asks the young reader to identify the community helper being described. Each helper's activities are depicted through word and illustration on one page, with their identity revealed as one flips to the next......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on May 28, 2024

This is a gorgeous and informative book about community helpers that is set up in a riddle format. I had the privilege of watching the author read this book aloud and interact with children as they responded to the riddles! (Black Creek Village Library, WI on May 6, 2017) Very wonderful and a must h......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on December 09, 2017

Whose Hands are These? is a guessing book written by Miranda Paul. Geared to the younger set of readers, it introduces several careers for them to consider. As Miranda uses excellent rhyme to tell about each community helper, she lays out clues to describe them, and then allows the reader to guess wh......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on April 16, 2019

This book is so cute! I loved reading it. It is a guessing book for community helpers! It talks about the things that the particular "hands" do, and it has you guess which helper it is. Such as, if your hands can mix and mash, what job might you have? What if your hands reach, wrench, yank, and cran......more

Goodreads review by Katie on June 14, 2017

This surprised me by being extremely well-written and well-illustrated. The rhyming text doesn't have an awkward beat anywhere in it and every line conveys some bit of information about the career being discussed. I borrowed this as an ebook from Hoopla to preview it for my kids, and now I want to r......more