Yago's Heartbeat

(Hardback)

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This moving account based on a true story chronicles the friendship between a snail and a small child in a wheelchair and explores issues concerning physical disabilities. A small snail in a shell winds up hanging on a chord around Yago's neck. Realizing that Yago cannot speak, the snail learns to analyze the different sounds of the child's heartbeat and finds a renewed interest in life. This insightful story will teach children to accept differences and deal with diversity.

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This insightful story will teach children to accept differences and deal with diversity. --Wheatland Regional Library

This moving and tender story brings to life the experiences of children with physical differences and disabilities. Carretero's watercolor illustrations are soft, warm, and imaginative, expressing the story's emotions and moods. A fine addition to most collections. --Library Journal (June 23, 2011)

Author Bio

Conhita Miranda was born in Barcelona, Spain. A pharmacist by training, she created in 2008 the foundation Sobre Ruedas to help poeple with cerebral palsy. The award-winning author and illustrator Mnica Carretero was born in Madrid but now lives in Segovia. She is self-taught and her colourful and vivid illustrations have received international recognition and she is now a very succesful illustrator of children's picture books.