{"product_id":"the-hare-shaped-hole-9780711276079","title":"The Hare-Shaped Hole","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"A beautiful, gentle, rhyming exploration of grief and mourning.\" - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Coelho, UK Children's Laureate\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hare-Shaped Hole\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHertle and Bertle were always a pair, \u003c\/b\u003e though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends forever, and whenever you looked, you would find them together... until \u003cb\u003equite unexpectedly... the end came.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Hertle disappears for good, Bertle can only see a \u003cb\u003eHertle-shaped hole where his friend should be\u003c\/b\u003e. He pleads with it, get angry with it, but the \u003cb\u003ehole still won't bring his Hertle back.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It seems like\u003cb\u003e hope is lost\u003c\/b\u003e... until Gerda the kindly bear finds him. She explains that he must fill the hole with his\u003cb\u003e memories of Hertle.\u003c\/b\u003e And slowly...\u003cb\u003e Bertle begins to feel a little bit better.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePowerful and moving text \u003c\/b\u003efrom children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with \u003cb\u003ewarm illustrations \u003c\/b\u003efrom the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty in a\u003cb\u003e thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This \u003cb\u003emoving \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epicture book\u003c\/b\u003e can be used as part of a \u003cb\u003egentle conversation about loss \u003c\/b\u003ewith children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Frances Lincoln Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780711276079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Dougherty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43251365544117,"sku":"9780711276079","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0fcb8be3-b8ff-4ed3-9bb0-a1f3f90929d0.jpg?v=1699371457","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hare-shaped-hole-9780711276079","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}