My Heart

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From the author illustrator of The Book of Mistakes comes a gorgeous picture book about caring for your own heart and living with kindness and empathy My heart is a window My heart is a slide My heart can be closedor opened up wide.Some days your heart is a puddle or a fence to keep the world out But some days it is wide open to the love that surrounds you.With lyrical text and breathtaking art, My Heart, My Heart empowers all readers to listen to the guide within in this ode to love and self acceptance. New Download [ My Heart ] author [ Corinna Luyken ] – kino-fada.fr A very simple book that is hefty and powerful This is a simple rhyme for all ages, young to old The artwork is so delicate and amazing It uses shadows and shapes hidden all over the place with a black, white and yellow palate As we were reading this, the kids would point out all the hearts they could find on the page This is about knowing you have control over your heart Some days its open and some its closed, it can be small and it can grow The niece really enjoyed this story and she gav A very simple book that is hefty and powerful This is a simple rhyme for all ages, young to old The artwork is so delicate and amazing It uses shadows and shapes hidden all over the place with a black, white and yellow palate As we were reading this, the kids would point out all the hearts they could find on the page This is about knowing you have...Lovely illustrations I wasn t as enad of the story text It left me a bit cold Perhaps for me it s like the A Friend is Someone Who Likes You book, one that is best read at the right age and or the right time to fully appreciate it.three and a half starsThere are days it s a fence between me and the world,days it s a whisper that can barely be heard.There are days it is broken,but broken can mend,and a heart that is closedcan still open again Corinna Luyken s Book of Mistakes was one of my favorite picture books of 2017 I just love the art and I liked the message about the importance of mistakes so I was eager to read this, and it is wonderfully sweet and typically beautifully illustrated, with delicately etched black and white and colored There are days it s a fence between me and the world,days it s a whisper that can barely be heard.There are days it is broken,but broken can mend,and a heart that is closedcan still open again Corinna Luyken s Book of Mistakes was one of my favorite picture books of 2017 I just love the art and I liked the message about the importance of mistakes so I was eager to read this, and it is wonderfully sweet and typically beautifully illustrated, with delicately etched black and white and colored pencils, subtle, wispy pastels, lots of space for reflection And the writing is wonderful and wise about experience and feelings.I don t really think it is a kid book, really Most of the lines seem to refer to issues adults experience, and complex metaphors about making choices to keep hearts open or closed Hearts as windows or slides But once I got over that adults can talk to kids about these issues, after all, and maybewith older kids I just relaxed and loved...This is a beautiful little book about well, the metaphorical heart It s about love and heartbreak, empathy and kindness, and all the other wonderful and not so wonderful emotions that come with being human.The illustrations, done in a limited colour palette, are really quite striking and help highlight the gentle sentiments of the book There s no plot, really, other than the story of feeling and being human.I d recommend this one for the pictures alone The text is beautiful, but without This is a beautiful little book about well, the metaphorical heart It s about love and heartbreak, empathy and kindness, and all the other wonderful and not so wonderful emotions that come with being human.The illustrations, done in a limited colour palette, are really quite striking and help highlight the gentle sentiments of the book There s no...There are days it is broken,but broken can mend,and a heart that is closedcan still open again Popular culture likes to perpetuate the narrative that our hearts are fragile But really, our hearts are resilient And Corinna Luyken helps us remember how strong we are because of our hearts.The immensely talented Corinna Luyken, who in 2017 made her picture book debut with the beautiful The Book of Mistakes , and who has also recently illustrated Marcy Campbell s Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse , returns in this lovely third title A poetic meditation on the heart, and our choice to keep it open or closed, it pairs a simple but thought provoking text with gorgeous monotype print artwork.My Heart is a book which rewards careful and repeated reading I have a colleague who dism The immensely talented Corinna Luyken, who in 2017 made her picture book debut with the beautiful The Book of Mistakes , and who has also recently illustrated Marcy Campbell s Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse , returns in this lovely third title A poetic meditation on the heart, and our choice to keep it open or closed, it pairs a simple but thought provoking text with gorgeous monotype print artwork.My Heart is a book which rewards careful and repeated reading I have a colleague who dismissed it at first, only to return to it and change his mind There is a quiet, contemplative charm here, a sense of depth and mystery that, like the human heart, can unfold in unexpected ways I appreciated Luyken s use of the window and the slide as metaphorsMy heart is a window, my heart is a slide My heart can be closed or opened up wideas I think they really work to communicate the changeable nature of our hearts The artwork, which features a lovely yellow quite prominently...Overall, I really like Luyken s work I just think, in this book, she used imagery that a young child wouldn t really be able to unpack If the book was billed for an older audience, the imagery would be really beautiful way of conceiving of the stirring of our heartsWhat a wonderful book about heartsopen hearts, closed hearts, broken hearts and a heart that is closedcan still open again. 3Very solid 3.5 While the concept might be above the very young, the older younger child should understand However, lack of a traditional action story might turn some children off The lack of color mostly black white and gray with the exception of the yellow he...Simplistic, yet dichotomously grandiose in its explanation of our inner workings, don t discount My Heart for the older kid They need to remember what it is to be human, to open and shut and begin again in love, too.This is a heart print book Anchor text for all conversations This is a heart print book Anchor text for all conversations

My Heart
  • 04 May 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 32 pages
  • 0735227934
  • Corinna Luyken
  • My Heart