Kids love to see themselves, and this board book is full of different faces, brown, black and white. And this also has the different ways that people use to describe the heart beat.

In this case, the story tell you how to say "Thump Thump" in Japanese, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, Urdu, French and Korean. One per page.

Fun little book.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

This book features photographs of children from different countries around the world, and its rhyming text incorporates the words that different languages use to describe the sound that the heart makes. I think that this is a great concept, and my only critique is that it would be great if the book mentioned the language source on each page, instead of only listing them at the end. However, I read an advance copy of this book, so it is possible that this could change.

I love the beautiful photographs, and what first attracted me to this title on NetGalley was the incredibly sweet cover photo of a Black father holding his smiling daughter close. Some of the photos throughout the book also show parents and children together, and others just show children, but they are all cute, well-composed photos, and the rhyming text is consistent and rhythmic throughout.

I highly recommend this book to families, libraries, and classrooms. The photos and text are both excellent, and the book makes children aware of different languages in a subtle and engaging way, with the language focus supporting the book's central message instead of seeming gimmicky or only educational in its purpose. This book celebrates the love between parents and children in a vivid and delightful way, and weaves the global emphasis evenly throughout the book in a way that will appeal to lots of different families.