Children's Fiction Emotions & Feelings
My Heart Beats
- Publisher
- Orca Book Publishers
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2021
- Category
- Emotions & Feelings, Love & Romance, Sounds, Poetry (see also Stories in Verse)
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Board book
- ISBN
- 9781459825680
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $10.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459825703
- Publish Date
- Apr 2021
- List Price
- $8.99
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 0 to 2
- Grade: p to 12
- Reading age: 0 to 2
Description
A beautiful photographic board book featuring babies from all over the world and the sounds their hearts make as they beat with love.
No matter what language we speak, no matter where we live in the world, our hearts beat with the same rhythm. We may hear and say the sounds differently—doki doki in Japanese, tu tump tu tump in Italian, dugeun dugeun in Korean, dhak dhak in Urdu, boum boum in French and thump thump in English—but when our hearts beat, all the sounds mean the same thing: you are alive and you are loved.
About the author
Rina Singh is a children’s author and poetry slam coach whose curiosity and love for storytelling shape the heart of her books. Rooted in real-life events and the untold stories they hold, her writing spans themes of environmental justice, social change, and the magic woven into everyday life. Her critically acclaimed titles include Grandmother School, winner of the Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize; Diwali: A Festival of Lights, nominated for the Red Cedar Award; and Once, a Bird. Her picture book Barefoot Skateboarders is based on a true story set in rural India.
Awards
- Commended, Children’s Book Council Building a Home Library, Ages 0 - 3
- Commended, Bookstagang Best Books - Best Board Books
Editorial Reviews
“A heartwarming board book to enjoy time and time again with infants and toddlers...The words sound playful and new, creating a stimulating, phonemic experience. Highly Recommended.”
CM: Canadian Review of Materials
Other titles by
Bird Brothers, A Delhi Story
Barefoot Skateboarders
Les planchistes aux pieds nus
The Lion Queen
Rasila Vadher, the First Woman Guardian of the Last Asiatic Lions
Imagine a Garden
Stories of Courage Changing the World
Once, a Bird
111 Trees
How One Village Celebrates the Birth of Every Girl
Grandmother School Read-Along
Grandmother School
