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Our Hands

By: Andrea J. Loney / Illustrated by: Letícia Moreno

Let's make handprints. Lots of handprints!

Jesse and Isabella make handprints: red handprints, blue handprints, lots and lots of handprints! How are their handprints the same? How are they different? They compare size, color, and quantity. But what happens when Baby wants to add her handprints to the mix?

Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together.

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spread from 'Our Hands' showing kids comparing their hands and wondering how to tell their handprints apart

Andrea J. Loney, author

Andrea J. Loney is a teacher and the author of Double Bass Blues, which won a Caldecott Honor. Her many other children's books include Keep Trying (Don't Give Up!); Bunnybear; Take a Picture of Me, James Vanderzee!; and the Abby in Orbit series. Her work can also be found in the critically acclaimed children’s poetry anthology No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History.

Read more about Andrea.


Letícia Moreno, illustrator

Letícia Moreno is a comic artist and the illustrator of many picture books, including Pajammin', Where There Is Love, Just Like You, No More Sleeping In, and I Am an Antiracist Hero. In her artwork Letícia focuses on drawing cute, colorful, and fun Black characters who refuse stereotypes.

Read more about Letícia.

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Jesse and Isabella set out to fill a large sheet of paper with their handprints, turning an afternoon of play into an engaging exploration of math, color theory, and spatial relationships. Because their hands look similar in size, Jesse selects red paint while Isabella chooses blue to keep their prints distinct. When Baby wants to join the fun, they mash one red-painted hand and one blue-painted hand together to make purple before adding their own prints to the page. The final sheet, covered in a colorful spread of handprints, delights the trio and they celebrate with a colorful high-five. Loney’s uncomplicated dialogue thoughtfully touches on concepts of size, shape, and spatial orientation, while Moreno’s cheerful, vibrant artwork depicts brown-skinned children engaging thoughtfully with their artistic creations. Helpful back matter offers caregivers additional suggestions for expanding hands-on math explorations.VERDICT A vibrant addition to the “Storytelling Math” series that seamlessly integrates early math concepts into a joyful, relatable story.

Board Book
ISBN: 978-1-62354-643-4

Ages: 0–2
Page count: 16
6 x 6

Publication date: October 13, 2026