Carry My Heart with You

by Danielle McLean, Anna Terreros-Martin (Illustrator)

Overview

A heartwarming book that reminds little ones how a parent's love is always with them, even when they're apart. Includes a high-quality wooden heart for little ones to take with them wherever they go!

Being away from a parent can be difficult for a child, and this heartwarming book can help make that transition just a little easier. This sweet celebration of love that features simple, rhyming text reminds little ones how a parent's love is always with them, no matter where they are. Includes a high-quality wooden heart for children to take wherever they go as a tangible reminder of that love!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680102970
Publisher:	Tiger Tales.
Publication date:	11/07/2023
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	312,105
Product dimensions:	8.13(w) x 8.13(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Danielle McLean is a children's book editor who lives in South London, England. When she's not writing and editing children's books, she can be found in a ballet class pursuing her other childhood dream.

Anna Terreros-Martin has recently started her career as a children’s book author and illustrator after earning an MA in Children’s Book Illustration. She lives in Nottinghamshire with her partner and rescue cat, Boris Bean. When away from her desk, Anna loves growing plants, bird watching, and walking in the Peak District.

Editorial Reviews

2023-09-23
A parent and child introduce a way to make daily separations a bit easier.

At school drop-off, a parent rabbit comforts a sad child and hands the little one a heart-shaped object: “I’m giving you my heart to hold / whenever I’m not there.” The heart is meant to remind the child of the parent’s love, celebrate the things the child does well, calm worries, express joy, and watch over the child through the night. The book fails to spell out just how the heart does anything other than serve as a reminder of parental love, however. For instance, “Wave the heart above your head / to sing a happy song.” What’s the connection there? The heart is always in the child’s possession, even when the little bunny is with the parent, contradicting the opening premise that it’s for when the two are apart. Most troublingly, unlike a kissing hand, the wooden keepsake heart that comes with the book could easily be lost; with the statements that it’s the parent’s heart and that the love in the heart will never end, losing the token could be quite upsetting. The artwork features adorable cartoon anthropomorphic animals of various species, two of which use wheelchairs. The font sometimes fills in the centers of the lowercase g, o, a, and pletters with hearts, which may cause difficulties for youngsters reading on their own or for those with dyslexia.

Lackluster. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews