Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Week 2: Twenty Heartbeats


Haseley, D. (2008).  Twenty heartbeats.  New York: Roaring Brook Press.

What would happen if an image you have held inside your head for so long was to become a reality?

One very rich man has always pictured hanging a painting of his most beloved horse on a wall inside his home.  This rich man finds Homan, a well-known artist of horses, and asks him to paint an image of the horse.  Nearly ten years pass before the rich man hears from Homan and he has yet to even see what Homan has painted.  The rich man is stunned when he visits Homan to retrieve his painting. 

Author Dennis Haseley writes the fantastic tale of the rich man and his painting.  With Caldecott Metalist and two-time Caldecott Honor Book illustrator Ed Young painting each page of the story, it is easy to become intranced with the story of the rich man, his painting, and Homan.  Read Twenty Heartbeats to discover the image of the rich man’s most beloved horse. 
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