The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
{{Short description|Book by Sonia Levitin}}
{{Infobox book
| name = The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket
| image = The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket.jpg
| image_size = 200
| caption = Front cover
| 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.
Reception
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," 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."{{cite web |url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/665028/Reviews#tabnav |title=The man who kept his heart in a bucket |website=Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |accessdate=January 2, 2017}} Publishers Weekly called it a "thoroughly captivating story firmly rooted in the folktale tradition."{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-8037-1029-0 |title=The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket |date=September 2, 1991 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=January 2, 2017}}
The Man Who Kept His Heart in a Bucket has also been reviewed by The Horn Book Magazine.{{cite journal |date=July 1990 |title=Pretend You're a Cat |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/10475060/man-who-kept-his-heart-bucket |journal=The Horn Book Magazine |publisher=Media Source |volume=67 |issue=5 |page=586 |accessdate=January 2, 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
References
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Category:1991 children's books
Category:American picture books