My Heart Is Here and There

<p>Did you ever wonder what it might be like to eat mince pie with hummus? Or to wear the shortest clothes on the coldest day of the year? If so-keep reading.</p><p></p><p>This is a tale about a little girl who lives in London while her family comes from a faraway city called Tel Aviv. Her heart is here yet also there. Wait-where exactly?</p><p>It's also a story about bilingual kids. When you raise children who grow up with two languages you find yourself in a mix of delightful and surprising moments: sentences that hop between languages books opened from the wrong side Hebrew songs sung with a British twist (and the other way around) unexpected food combinations and so much more.</p><p>And then there are the less charming moments-when someone asks your child <em>But where are you from?</em></p><p>They answer <em>I'm from London </em>only to be met with <em>But where are you REALLY from? </em>You see the confusion on their face. Because they were in fact born and raised in London. It's just that their parents come from Israel.</p><p></p><p>For all these reasons and many more I've poured nights and days into creating a passion project close to my heart: <strong>My Heart Is Here and There</strong>.</p><p>And guess what? This book might be the first bilingual double-sided book ever seen on this planet-well at least at JW3! Even more reason to have a peek isn't it?</p><p>Sharon Vidan has lived in London since 2010. With a BA in Fine Arts from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and over 15 years of experience in the creative industries as a photographer and graphic designer she has poured her creative skills into crafting a unique book-one that children can genuinely connect with and one that can help them make sense of their own multicultural multilingual world.</p><p> </p><p> </p>