![]() ![]() Readers are left to answer a question: “How does your heart feel?”Ĭonsider this beautifully designed French import a must-have for any storytime or one-on-one sharing regarding the somewhat sticky subject of feelings.Ī home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. When the girl’s heart is “silly,” she is “like a bouncy bunny.” At other times her heart is “as heavy as an elephant” or hopeful, “like a plant reaching toward the sky.” As the pages turn, the hearts get smaller and smaller, until the final spread shows a garden with dozens of hearts. Witek expertly utilizes similes to help young readers grasp the concepts a bright yellow star represents happiness, but a red cross with a bandage on it is emblematic of a broken heart when feelings have been hurt. With each page turn, emotions from happiness to sadness, bravery to fear, anger to calm are displayed. An expressive girl explains: “My heart is like a house, with all these feelings living inside.” On the facing page, the shape of a house surrounds the interior die-cut hearts. The device entices readers to turn the page and enter into an exploration of emotion. Readers will be attracted right away to the rainbow hues of the multilayered die-cut hearts that recede inward from the cover. ![]() Vibrant die cuts, whimsical drawings, and a text that explores a wide range of feelings with just the right touches of imagination and wit combine for a most impressive picture-book experience. ![]()
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