Description In Be/Hold: A Friendship Book visual artist, poet, and musician Shira Erlichman opens with the line, Sweetheart, sometimes when I'm feeling blue I put my ear to the wind & listen for you, building a one-of-a-kind story of friendship from her love of compound words (i.
toothbrush, windbreaker, behold) in a book that uplifts, encourages, and honors the people we care about most.
With an afterword exploring compound words and accompanying word play activity.
About the Author In Hebrew shira means poem and song.
True to her name, Shira Erlichman loves to write poems and sing songs.
She also loves to draw pictures.
Shira's art can be found in The Huffington Post, PBS News Hour's Poetry Series, The Rumpus, on sidewalks, in living rooms, and in your boombox.
Her favorite compound word is seesaw.
She immigrated from Israel to the US when she was six and now lives in Brooklyn where she teaches and creates.
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