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Mama’s getting married, and Jackson has an important job to do! A story about love, weddings, and the special joy that is a blended family.<\/b>

Jackson’s mama is getting married, and he gets to be the ring bearer. But Jackson is worried . . . What if he trips? Or walks too slowly? Or drops the rings? And what about his new stepsister, Sophie? She’s supposed to be the flower girl, but Jackson’s not sure she’s taking her job as seriously as she should.<\/span>

In a celebration of blended families, this heartwarming story, stunningly illustrated by the award-winning Floyd Cooper, is a perfect gift for any child who’s nervous to walk down the aisle at a wedding, and shows kids that they can handle life’s big changes.<\/span>

Praise for\u00a0<\/span>The Ring Bearer<\/i><\/b>

“Throughout, Cooper’s softly textured mixed-media illustrations offer a warm, affirming depiction of this black family’s life and love together . . . Readers will be joining the congregation in cheering for Jackson.”–<\/span>Kirkus Reviews<\/i>

“Written with simplicity, immediacy, and warmth….Cooper creates beautiful effects with subtle colors, textures, and suffused light in the soft-focus paintings. A heartening, reassuring picture book.”–<\/span>Booklist<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1409],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4239","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-chilldren-young-books","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\nThe Ring Bearer - Firebird Rising Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spanninggenderbooks.com\/?product=the-ring-bearer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Ring Bearer - Firebird Rising Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mama's getting married, and Jackson has an important job to do! 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