The Heart and the Bottle, Oliver Jeffers
The Heart and the Bottle, Oliver Jeffers
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The Heart and the Bottle

Author: Oliver Jeffers

Narrator: Helena Bonham Carter

Unabridged: 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2020

Synopsis

From #1 New York Times bestseller Oliver Jeffers, comes a poignant and beautiful story about finding joy after loss. 

There is a wonder and magic to childhood. We don’t realize it at the time, of course . . . yet the adults in our lives do. They encourage us to see things in the stars, to find joy in colors and laughter as we play.But what happens when that special someone who encourages such wonder and magic is no longer around? We can hide, we can place our heart in a bottle and grow up . . . or we can find another special someone who understands the magic. And we can encourage them to see things in the stars, find joy among colors and laughter as they play.Oliver Jeffers delivers a remarkable book, a touching and resonant tale reminiscent of The Giving Tree that will speak to the hearts of children and parents alike.

About The Author

 Oliver Jeffers (www.oliverjeffersworld.com) makes art and tells stories. His books include How to Catch a Star; Lost and Found, which was the recipient of the prestigious Nestle Children’s Book Prize Gold Award in the U.K. and was later adapted into an award-winning animated film; The Way Back Home; The Incredible Book Eating Boy; The Great Paper Caper; The Heart and the Bottle, which was made into a highly acclaimed iPad application narrated by Helena Bonham Carter; Up and Down, the New York Times bestselling Stuck; The Hueys in the New Sweater, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year; and This Moose Belongs to Me, a New York Times bestseller. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Oliver now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dave on August 19, 2023

A picture book about grief. A little girl likes to read with her grandfather as he sits in his rocking chair, and then one day she faces an empty chair. Yes, it's that subtle, the chair is just empty, no explanation, really. Her grandpa is gone, and since she feels like she can't risk too much strai......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on October 06, 2017

This is the best picture book about complicated grief I’ve ever read, and one of the best books about it on the subject, period. It’s lovely in every way. It would make a wonderful present for children who’ve lost a loved one, or someone of any age who’s suffered a loss, both recently and long ago.......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on October 18, 2023

I was recently in a bookshop, and I asked the owners for book recommendations on Grief. Turns out they are also on first name terms with Grief having lost their child. They said to me, if there's one book we think everyone should read, it would be this one. There's a lot of stigma around adults read......more

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