"Heartsongs" is a collection of inspirational poetry by Mattie Stepanek, an 11-year-old boy who suffers from muscular dystrophy. With a universal message of hope and peace, Stepanek's poems have captured hearts and minds around the world. Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek, known to his friends as "Mattie", began writing poetry and short stories at the age of three. Some of his poetry explores the uncensored reality of living with a rare form of muscular dystrophy and with the grief associated with the loss of his three siblings to the same life-threatening condition. But most of them proclaim the innocent hope, profound wisdom and delightful humour of childhood.