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Wow, what a fabulous book! The pictures are beautiful and I love how it celebrates diversity! This is a must-have for teachers’ classrooms. I know I am buying one for my 1st grade classroom!

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This was a beautifully illustrated book about kids, their differences and similarities, their feelings, their likes and their beautiful love for each other. This stories highlights a classroom and the children within it. It shows them doing various activities, that young children can relate to. It praises their strengths and accomplishments showing acceptance for being different. The class is very multi-cultural with children from all ethnicities. I read this with my granddaughter and she loved it. She constantly interrupted my reading to share stories about her friends that did certain things and liked various activities. We read this one several times before I was able to actually read it uninterrupted so that I could get into the flow. Being a Christian family, the mention of God was okay with us, but unfortunately, her teacher would not be able to read this book to her class because of separation of religion and school. I definitely recommend this story for young children and their families. It is full of love and acceptance that is needed at all times, but especially now. Let the children lead the way.

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Kids learn about some common thingsthat they share like curiosity and some uniques things about their classmates along with some differences. Colorful palette.

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This is an excellent resource for introducing young children to the concept of diversity. It does a good job of showing the many ways someone can be different, as well as the ways we are all alike. The illustrations are colorful and lively. Recommended!

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A beautiful book about diversity and culture. This is definitely necessary for our young readers right now. Thank you for this ARC copy!

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Thank you NetGalley and Zonderkidz-Books for gifting me an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book is a great way to show kids that even though everyone may look different on the outside, we still have so much in common with each other. It also has a couple of pages to help them understand that it’s ok to be upset sometimes. The story flows and the rhymes are smooth. Plus the illustrations are beautiful, and the diversity in the children is great!

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One Big Heart is a children's book about how everyone is different but similar at the same time. Everyone has different hair, eye, and skin color, and everyone can do and like different things like sing or jump. However, everyone is more alike than they are different because they like to play outside, move, run, jump, wiggle, dance, and eat. Each child is curious and has feelings, but the most important thing that each child has is a big heart.

One Big Heart is a great book about diversity. It shows how each kid is different but the same. This book is a great way for young children to learn how God made everyone unique and special but also gave everyone a big heart. I loved how easy the text flowed. The illustrations were bright and colorful, making this a perfect book for children to be engaged in. I think every child should learn the lesson from this book because it is important for them to understand diversity and know that even though people look different and have different interests, everyone is still similar in some ways. I would recommend One Big Heart for ages 3 to 8.

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I am excited to read this book to my Sunday school class. It has such a great message and also has great illustrations. It mentions God quite a bit, so unfortunately due to that I wouldn't be able to use at library story times, but I will definitely be purchasing this book to give as gifts.

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I loved reading this with my daughter. It was very cute and the illustrations were great but it was the message of equality and how embracing our differences is what makes us beautiful that I was happiest to share with my daughter.

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I loved the idea of this book and it would be great, but because of the religious affiliations I won't be purchasing it for our library.

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One Big Heart is full of adorable illustrations depicting a diverse group of children at school. The message is good and the rhyming is okay, but for a book focusing on noticing and accepting differences the text reads pretty abilist. (One of the main characteristics that brings them all together is that they can all dance and move, and although there IS a girl with only one arm, the point seems to be that she isn’t really any different and can do everything the same.)

Overall, this is a sweet, well-meaning picture book.

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A preschool and up book filled with diverse children celebrating their diversity and their sameness. I Really enjoyed the simplicity, message, and illustrations. Religious themes.

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This is a cute book. The art is beautiful. I like the main point of the book. My daughter loved it too and I am sure she will want me to read it over and over again. I would highly recommend it to other people who have little children.

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Loooove the illustrations in this book. They are so adorable.

This book is super cute and is definitely one that parents should read to their kids. I like how certain words are bold or different colors so they can explain the meaning. The ONLY thing I think others might not like too much is the mention of God. Not everyone is religious and that might deter some lame opinions, but I don't think it's a big deal.

I think it's a sweet story about kids and how different we are. It's important to point out that we don't all look alike. It's done in a cute way and the illustrations, again, are adorable.

Would definitely buy this book when I have kids.

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But the way we're most alike... the MOST IMPORTANT PART? God gave us all a special gift. We each have ONE BIG HEART.

This little picture book helps parents and child learn the differences of each person. That differences are what makes each of us unique and special. It is important that we are different and just as important is how we are the same. An important lesson for each of us to learn and relearn.

A Special Thank you to Zonderkidz and Netgalley for the ARC and the opportunity to post an honest review.

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I absolutely loved this book. The words had a wonderful rhythm as I read them. My daughters loved reading this too. The illustrations were wonderful I also loved that this book focused on all the ways that children are different from each other, skin color, one child was missing an arm, different types of hair, body sizes. It was great! Can't wait to purchase an actual copy for our bookshelf!

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This book is a timely and wonderful reminder of the special gift that God has given us, One Big Heart. For all ages in the classroom and at home, read about the celebration of being more alike than different. One of the lessons to be learned is “Each one of us is different ‘cuz what fun would it be if I looked like my classmate and they all looked like me?”

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Definitely a book we need for our children right now! (And our adults too!!) I really liked this book’s theme and illustrations.

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I was so glad to see netgalley offer me a copy of Linsey Davis' book. I'm a huge follower of ABC news- so I was already a fan of Linsey's journalistic work. I'm very excited to get to read her children's book. 'One Big Heart' is fantastic. It beautifully highlights that everyone looks different, but we are all the same inside. It's a message that everyone needs to hear.

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One Big Heart is an adorable book that showcases all the differences kids have, from the colour of their skin and eyes to their favourite things to do. This book is a great teaching tool for young children and a great resource to help open up conversation.

I loved the illustrations and found this book very easy to read!

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