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The Heart and the Bottle

by Oliver Jeffers

Wonder, loss, and the heart in a bottle

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    #1 New York Times bestselling author

    The source describes Oliver Jeffers as a #1 New York Times bestseller.

AlbakiReads Editorial

Wonder, loss, and the heart in a bottle

Oliver Jeffers’s picture book links childhood wonder with the experience of losing someone who helped nurture it. Its central image—a heart placed in a bottle—gives shape to the choice between withdrawing from that sense of possibility and finding a way to share it again. Stars, colors, laughter, and play frame the book’s themes of grief, care, and renewed connection across generations.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children exploring feelings around loss and change, with a parent or caregiver.
  • Families looking for a picture book about childhood wonder, emotional connection, and sharing joy.

Themes

Loss and griefChildhood wonderEmotional protectionCare across generationsRenewed connection

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Book overview

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.

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