Baby llamas, elephants, sloths, bats, and flamingoes are cradled by their parents as they are rocked to sleep.

This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.

I love to do things with words, and poetry is what comes from such playing with words. Most of my poems are just my mind, playing with my heart’s thoughts. Some of my poems come from life experience and others from nature or things that happen in life. In putting this book together, I found many of my poems are liked, for they are written in words that everyone can read and understand. I dream one day to hear someone say, “I read that poem and loved it.” Nothing would make me more proud than to know my poems touched someone’s heart in a good way. To write poems and not know if people will ever read them is a sad thought. Love is the power that moves the world. No matter if it is heartbreak or true passion, love has the power to be the strongest influence in our lives. Not all my poems are love poems. There are also poems of remembrance for the men who have laid down their lives for freedom or in the line of duty. So please read my words and enjoy them for what they mean and say to you. I would love to be thought of as a man who had love in his soul, and touched another’s heart in some way.

Listen to The Voice of the People and feel the emotions evoked in this poetry. Inspired by his experience of fulfillment when he had his first attempt of sharing his literature to the world, poet-author Rashid White now assembles beautiful, engaging, and poignant literary pieces penned by various young and new writers into one compelling anthology so you, too, can see through the sentiments brewing in between the verses. He unlocks a gateway to a higher place in life for him and for every other artist with the release of this book. The Voice of the People can now be heard.

In this exciting conclusion to the adventure that began in Faer Dreams and continued through Faer Pride and Faer Sorrow, the family is once again fighting for the good of Lamerion. They are now joined by all Faer as they heal and prepare to face the evil of the Thyride and of Jolten himself. Suspicion and doubt hound the rescued maidens, yet with the love of their family and friends, they will prove that nothing can prevent them from realizing their destiny.

This book is a Compilation of most of my poems and saved for posterity. This is Volume One, with Volume Two to follow.