Where does this wind of hearts come from? When this heart wind blows, we have to find a heart thief, making our hearts pounding while disappearing like the wind all the time! This book titled ‘A Heart Thief’, has many unique characters, including three sisters, a cat, Mr. Kim, an alien, the Dracula, the ice man… etc. With all these special characters, this unexpectable story is presented in a speedy and thrilled way. This mysterious heart picture book is a very unique and extraordinary work based on Cider’s sense of humor. The heart-stealing thief drops hearts down with pride creating the wind of hearts. The more people losing their hearts, the more hearts fill this world. Why does this heart thief drop hearts and disappear? Cider, the writer, uses the sound of Boom when hearts drop, and the shape of hearts to present the story in a speedy way in this book, ‘A Heart Thief’. The writer also presents this mysterious event of people losing their hearts in his own unique and humorous way. Readers should read this book very fast and will never stop turning pages until the end in order to catch this thief, because this thief will never stop and be able to steal our hearts without dropping any single one. The book, ‘A Heart Thief’, is full of fun to watch hearts. Readers will be able to meet so many kinds of hearts, such as hearts almost popped out, ice heart, iron heart, heart with fire, captured hearts, etc., while following all those moving heart illustrations. The writer expresses each image of hearts getting along with each character, and these unique images provoke thrills and nervousness in the story. The heart illustrations are created by using acrylic paint on a thin paper over bumpy board, or by using scratching method with crayons. The image of hearts completed by collage method is outstanding at the scene where hearts are dropped from the sky. The rhythmical movements of these images of hearts escalate the emotion of storyline and offer us visual joy. 

The character show with secrets and twists hidden inside

The characters with strong personalities such as three sisters, the cat, the alien, the steel robot and the werewolf, who all have been stolen their hearts, have clues to find the thief. The number of characters with secrets is getting increased and all these characters make the story even more abundant. The writer uses speech balloons to make characters funny and also uses exaggerated body movements and dialogue lines like slapstick comedy when the characters leave to find the thief altogether. While readers are fascinated with this boisterous event of characters, the secret is finally revealed and readers can face with the twist of the book, ‘A Heart Thief’.