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Title: Heartbeat by Sharon Creech ISBN: 0-06-054022-2 Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Simple writing that resonates
Comment: Annie loves to run and draw. When her teacher assigns them to draw 100 pictures of the same apple, Annie begins to see things in different ways. Her grandfather's forgetfulness and the baby growing inside her mother are part of a rhythm, a heartbeat, that Annie begins to explore.
Simple writing underscores it's profound themes. Destined to become a classic.
Rating: 5
Summary: CHANGE IS CONTINUOUS
Comment: Annie has a lot going on in her life.
Annie's teacher tells her to draw an apple. She is excited about drawing the apple, but the longer she holds on to it the more it changes.
Annie's mom is pregnant. Annie watches the baby change. She hears the heartbeat and sees the sonogram. She is amazed.
Annie's Grandpa lives with Annie's family. He's a good grandpa, but he can't remember how to fry chicken or do other things.
Annie's friend Max joins track, but is too proud to accept hand-me-down shoes or money for new ones. Max is Annie's running partner and friend. She wants to change his mind, but how?
_Heartbeat_ is a story about change. Change is continuous; life moves on, and it's okay. Annie ponders the changes she sees, and she voices her thoughts. Sometimes she's funny and sometimes she's wise, like Grandpa. Reading _Heartbeat_, young readers will discover they are no different than Annie. Life has many views and synonyms to express them. It's a terrific addition to Creech's growing collection of juvenile books.
Actress Mandy Siegfried reads the audio version of _Heartbeat_. She gives an amusing, insightful performance.
Rating: 5
Summary: Delightful Read
Comment: Although I have heard of Sharon Creech from my young adult media center specialists, I didn't experience her until reading Love That Dog. Set in the same format as Love That Dog, Heartbeat speaks to the young person in all of us who attempt at all costs to be an individual and not get caught up in "the herd." Creech writes about this need for self-identity without getting preachy or putting others down who feel the need to be associated with "a group." The manner in which she identifies a family as being more than a mom, dad, new baby is also wonderful. For in a sense, the aging grandfather; the neighbor, Mrs. Cobber, and Annie's friend, Max, are also important members of the family as well.
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Title: Granny Torrelli Makes Soup by Sharon Creech ISBN: 0060292903 Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 29 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: The Report Card by Andrew Clements ISBN: 0689845154 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place by E. L. Konigsburg ISBN: 0689866364 Publisher: Atheneum Books Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Olive's Ocean by Kevin Henkes ISBN: 0060535431 Publisher: Greenwillow Pub. Date: 12 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
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Title: Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate Dicamillo, Timothy B. Ering ISBN: 0763617229 Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA) Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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