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My Heart
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  • Published: 5 February 2019
  • ISBN: 9780735227934
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $29.99

My Heart

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Hardback
5 Feb 2019
EBook
8 Jan 2019
Audiobook
20 July 2021
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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.

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 closed...or 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 empowers all readers to listen to the guide within in this ode to love and self-acceptance.
  • Published: 5 February 2019
  • ISBN: 9780735227934
  • Imprint: Rocky Pond Books
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Corinna Luyken

Corinna Luyken is the author-illustrator of Abc and You and Me; The Tree in Me (an NCTE Notable Poetry Book and Indie Bestseller); My Heart (A New York Times Best Seller); and The Book of Mistakes (which The Wall Street Journal called “sublime”). She is also the illustrator of In the Dark (Aug 2023) and Nothing in Common, both written by Kate Hoefler; Patchwork (A New York Times and Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2022), written by Matt de la Peña; Something Good and Adrian Simcox Does Not Have a Horse, both written by Marcy Campbell; and Weird Little Robots, written by Carolyn Crimi. She was raised in Oregon, California, and Hawaii; and studied dance improvisation, poetry, and printmaking at Middlebury College in Vermont. She now lives in Western Washington, near the Salish Sea, where she also likes to dig in the dirt, surf, and read with a cat (or two) on her lap.
portrait photo of Corinna Luyken

Also by Corinna Luyken

The Arguers
In the Dark
ABC and You and Me
Retazos
Patchwork
The Tree in Me
Adrian Simcox Does NOT Have a Horse
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Praise for My Heart

Praise for The Book of Mistakes:

  • NYPL Best Books for Kids 2017, NPR Books Guide to 2017's Great Reads, The Boston Globe's Best children's and YA books of 2017, 2017 Nerdy Book Award Winner, 2018 PNBA Book Award Winner
  • "At once philosophical and imbued with adventurousness, this picture book lifts to the level of the sublime the idea of putting one's slip-ups in perspective."--The Wall Street Journal
  • * "This will lead kids to see their own so-called mistakes in a new, more positive light."--Booklist, starred review
  • * "The idea of setbacks being opportunities in disguise is no stranger to picture book pages, but rarely has it been illuminated with such style, imagination, and compassion."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
  • * "A striking debut picture book celebrates the creative process...all rendered in a style and palette somewhat reminiscent of Erin E. Stead's work but distinctive in its own right"--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
  • "Mistakes in art--as in life--happen, and Luyken shows young readers in a glorious way how they often lead to bigger and better outcomes than anyone could imagine."--BookPage
  • "I will read this book to every group of students I teach for the rest of my career. ...This book is absolutely magical."--Colby Sharp, Nerdy Book Club
  • "This beautiful book, which celebrates the imaginative, playful spirit of an artist letting mistakes guide her work, is more than just an embracing of the artistic process, both messy and lovely. It's also quite the odyssey, one that takes readers on unexpected paths, opening minds and perspectives."--Seven Impossible Things