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title: "The Heart and the Bottle: An Uplifting Children's Picture Book of Grief and Resilience"
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# Award-winning, top-ranked children's book Same-day dispatch before noon No-quibble returns The Heart and the Bottle: An Uplifting Children's Picture Book of Grief and Resilience

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the heart’s resilience—because some stories heal us all.

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- **What is this?** The Heart and the Bottle: An Uplifting Children's Picture Book of Grief and Resilience
- **How much does it cost?** 15663CFA with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Timeless Artwork:** Oliver Jeffers’ exquisite illustrations bring depth and warmth, making every page a visual and emotional journey.
- • **Risk-Free Purchase:** No quibbles returns mean you can buy with confidence, stress-free.
- • **Emotionally Profound:** Tackles grief and resilience with a delicate, award-winning narrative that resonates across generations.
- • **Instant Gratification:** Order before noon, get it shipped the same day—because waiting is so last year.
- • **Top-Ranked Bestseller:** Ranks #14 in Children’s Books on Death & Dying—join thousands who’ve found comfort and insight here.

## Overview

The Heart and the Bottle is an award-winning children’s picture book by Oliver Jeffers that explores themes of love, loss, and hope with profound sensitivity. Featuring exquisite illustrations and a deeply moving narrative, it ranks among the top children’s books on grief and resilience. Available in new mint condition with guaranteed same-day dispatch for orders before noon and hassle-free returns, this bestseller is a must-have for anyone seeking a meaningful story that bridges generations.

## Description

Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love and loss in this life-affirming and uplifting tale. Once there was a girl whose life was filled with wonder at the world around her… Then one day something happened that made the girl take her heart and put it in a safe place. However, after that it seemed that the world was emptier than before. But would she know how to get her heart back? In this deeply moving story, Oliver Jeffers deals with the weighty themes of love and loss with an extraordinary lightness of touch and shows us, ultimately, that there is always hope.

Review: Faith, Hope & Love. - A beautiful simple yet profound story of love, loss and ultimately of hope. With short sentences and exquisite pictures that speak more than a thousand words. A fathers love towards his daughter, and a daughters devoted love towards her father. He is constantly watching, caring and overseeing, guiding her, teaching her, instructing her in embracing and bringing to life before her the deep well and the excitement of riches of life, the universe and everything. Until he is no longer there, no longer sitting in his chair, and the pervasive darkness of grief descends upon his little girl. Who devastated locks away her heart, her ability to love. Yet she learns through another, someone smaller who still excited, and curious about the world teaches and practically assists in putting back her heart she had secured away into a bottle. Unselfish love brings its own reward. Although there is much happiness in receiving love, there is even greater happiness in giving or showing, love to others. That the epitome of love, pure, rich and a ceaseless flowing that love that will never end. When we begin to give our selves away, we find out immediately how good that is. Yet from a genuine caring heart. When we give joy we receive joy, when we give hope we receive hope, when we give love we receive love, and when we give mercy we receive mercy. Everything we give away multiplies itself. And we rediscover the joy, gift and privilege of being alive.
Review: Beautiful but not to be purchased lightly - I almost cried when I first read this, and I know colleagues (I am a teacher) that couldn't finish the book. It is a very beautiful book (I would say, undoubtedly Jeffers' best book) and it is the best rendition (children's book or otherwise) of how death can constrict someone's life. Do not underestimate the delicacy, poigniancy and power of how jeffers illustrates and tells this. On first reading, I closed it, and stated that I would never buy it and never read it again. It was too moving - too horrible! Furthermore, I argued that it is not aimed at children. Thinking of children that I knew who knew of loss, this book would not offer them anything (as the story is of how a child's heart is broken and it is not until adulthood when they have their own child that their heart is somewhat repaired). I still stand by that, however, it does have a place in terms of helping children (or anyone) understand grief.

## Features

- New
- Mint Condition
- Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon
- Guaranteed packaging
- No quibbles returns

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 14,175 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 14 in Children's Books on Death & Dying 23 in Fiction About Death & Dying for Children 137 in Fiction About Emotions & Feelings for Children |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 1,462 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Faith, Hope & Love.
*by M***N on 13 August 2020*

A beautiful simple yet profound story of love, loss and ultimately of hope. With short sentences and exquisite pictures that speak more than a thousand words. A fathers love towards his daughter, and a daughters devoted love towards her father. He is constantly watching, caring and overseeing, guiding her, teaching her, instructing her in embracing and bringing to life before her the deep well and the excitement of riches of life, the universe and everything. Until he is no longer there, no longer sitting in his chair, and the pervasive darkness of grief descends upon his little girl. Who devastated locks away her heart, her ability to love. Yet she learns through another, someone smaller who still excited, and curious about the world teaches and practically assists in putting back her heart she had secured away into a bottle. Unselfish love brings its own reward. Although there is much happiness in receiving love, there is even greater happiness in giving or showing, love to others. That the epitome of love, pure, rich and a ceaseless flowing that love that will never end. When we begin to give our selves away, we find out immediately how good that is. Yet from a genuine caring heart. When we give joy we receive joy, when we give hope we receive hope, when we give love we receive love, and when we give mercy we receive mercy. Everything we give away multiplies itself. And we rediscover the joy, gift and privilege of being alive.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful but not to be purchased lightly
*by A***K on 30 March 2012*

I almost cried when I first read this, and I know colleagues (I am a teacher) that couldn't finish the book. It is a very beautiful book (I would say, undoubtedly Jeffers' best book) and it is the best rendition (children's book or otherwise) of how death can constrict someone's life. Do not underestimate the delicacy, poigniancy and power of how jeffers illustrates and tells this. On first reading, I closed it, and stated that I would never buy it and never read it again. It was too moving - too horrible! Furthermore, I argued that it is not aimed at children. Thinking of children that I knew who knew of loss, this book would not offer them anything (as the story is of how a child's heart is broken and it is not until adulthood when they have their own child that their heart is somewhat repaired). I still stand by that, however, it does have a place in terms of helping children (or anyone) understand grief.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The theme is only implied but children grasp it - and that's the real strength of the book
*by M***E on 5 April 2016*

Bought this to read with my five year old son as a way into discussing our loss of my father in law. We love Jeffers' other books but I loved the way that death is in no way explicitly mentioned - there's simply an empty chair - but my son immediately made the link to his own situation and he initiated a conversation about the activities of the characters in the story and his own reading with his granddad as we read. It was important to me that we treated his grief on his own terms, and this book was a beautiful way in. We read it a few times and I think the mixture of lightness of touch, serious approach to children's grief and ultimate positivity really helped my son at a tough time. It helped his parents too!

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