My Heart is a Poem

by Mandy Coe, Laura Mucha, Debjani Chatterjee

This beautiful collection of poetry celebrates the brilliant thing that is feelings. It explores all the different emotions we experience and how different situations bring these emotions to the surface.

From feelings of uncontainable excitement and inexplicable sadness to the electricity which surges from anger and pride, the poems in this anthology perfectly put into words all the different things we feel in our hearts.

Vivid and stirring artwork from an array of talented artists brings breathtaking poetry from a range of voices to life.

Genres: Poetry

48 pages, Hardcover

Published February 2, 2023

Reviews

[Chloe Menham · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a brilliant collection of poems for children of all ages dedicated to feelings and emotions that all children experience throughout their lives.

Written by an impressive collection of poets, these poems aim to help children understand those big feelings they experience throughout childhood. IT helps them to express these feelings and find appropriate ways to deal with them. Some children find understanding their emotions to be extremely difficult, and the experiences of the poets presented in beautiful, child-friendly ways are helpful to explore this difficult (for some) topic.

Sharing emotions and poetry is a brilliant way to bring people together and I would recommend this poetry collection to anyone looking to help their little one through some difficult times in a way that they can understand.

[Joanne Vickery · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just a lovely book. I just wanted to keep reading it.

My favourite poem in the book was;

Love You More
by James Carter

[Kitchen Sink Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do you know your heart? You very likely feel it beating every day and you know that it can feel love, feel emotions, it keeps you alive, it is part of who you are, but have you ever thought of your heart as a poem? The cut-out on the front cover of this gorgeous Little Tiger hardback book presents us with a smiling child, hand on heart who is experiencing the many wonders that the heart and that poetry can offer, all the wonders. We see colour and shape, we see wonder, the imagination and so much more if we look closely and this continues through the book which is in fact a collection of poetry all about celebrating feelings. With no less than twenty poets contributing and four illustrators this book has been created for everyone to share in.

How do you feel today this book asks. Are you feeling excited, angry, hurt, or confused? There is no right or wrong answer and every day will bring a different feeling, this is perfectly normal for our emotions are something that are to be celebrated, they make us feel alive and they are important to acknowledge and explore. But how do we understand them? Through poetry could be one way and this book shares the wonders and delights of the range of feelings that we might experience for the younger of our readers to engage with. In words and pictures it helps us to explore our emotions gently and evocatively bringing them to life on the page and in our hearts as we share the warmth and the joy that they arouse.