Author | Sonia Levitin |
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Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's picture book |
Published | 1991 ( Dial Press) |
Media type | Print ( hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 978-0-8037103-0-6 |
OCLC | 22624171 |
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket is a 1991 children's picture book by Sonia Levitin and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. Released in 1991 by Dial Press, it is about a young man, Jack, who due to bitter experience keeps his heart in a bucket but then loses it.
Booklist, in a review of The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket, wrote "The bold watercolors that sweep across the pages of this picture book demand a strong story line. Levitin delivers a respectable one," [1] and the School Library Journal wrote "Levitin's cleverly created story, structured like a traditional folktale, is enhanced by Pinkney's watercolor and pencil scenes of ruddy-cheeked Eastern European peasants, thatched roof cottages, and lush green countryside." [1] Publishers Weekly called it a "thoroughly captivating story firmly rooted in the folktale tradition." [2]
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine. [3]
Author | Sonia Levitin |
---|---|
Illustrator | Jerry Pinkney |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's picture book |
Published | 1991 ( Dial Press) |
Media type | Print ( hardback) |
Pages | 32 (unpaginated) |
ISBN | 978-0-8037103-0-6 |
OCLC | 22624171 |
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket is a 1991 children's picture book by Sonia Levitin and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. Released in 1991 by Dial Press, it is about a young man, Jack, who due to bitter experience keeps his heart in a bucket but then loses it.
Booklist, in a review of The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket, wrote "The bold watercolors that sweep across the pages of this picture book demand a strong story line. Levitin delivers a respectable one," [1] and the School Library Journal wrote "Levitin's cleverly created story, structured like a traditional folktale, is enhanced by Pinkney's watercolor and pencil scenes of ruddy-cheeked Eastern European peasants, thatched roof cottages, and lush green countryside." [1] Publishers Weekly called it a "thoroughly captivating story firmly rooted in the folktale tradition." [2]
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine. [3]