At Penny Candy, we strive to make books that are beautiful to look at and hold, fun for kids to read, and useful to parents and educators in addressing difficult or big topics. So we were thrilled when WordPlay Cincy, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization building literacy through the arts in Cincinnati, sent us a lesson plan they had made for Shira Erlichman’s Be/Hold: A Friendship Book. We liked their work so much that we hired WordPlay Cincy to make lesson plans for six more of our picture books.