Hold On! A Hug Is for Holding Me by Lisa Wheeler

Hugs are everywhere out there.
A flower bud,
can be a hug.
Come close and you will see.
Tight petals wrap the bloom inside.

Your hug feels safe to me.

In spring, cocoons hold their contents tight, until the time is right, and then the world is filled with wondrous and amazing flight!

Birds' eggs hold tight until the time is right for hatchlings to pop out. Seashells harbor life safe inside them, sheltered and snug. Nature holds its young ones tight.

And when a child gets a snug, safe hug, it's time to give one right back, in Lisa Wheeler's A Hug Is for Holding Me (Abrams Appleseed, 2018). Noted author Wheeler provides poetic analogies from nature as metaphors for the protective hug of a parent in a picture book. which, with the warm illustrations of Lisk Feng, is a good choice for Valentine's Day, Mothers Day or Fathers Day or any time.