{"id":923439,"date":"2023-03-01T17:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T17:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=923439"},"modified":"2023-03-02T11:43:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T11:43:49","slug":"the-hare-shaped-hole-by-john-dougherty-illustrated-by-thomas-docherty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dolphinbooksellers.co.uk\/blog\/2023\/03\/01\/the-hare-shaped-hole-by-john-dougherty-illustrated-by-thomas-docherty\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hare Shaped Hole by John Dougherty & illustrated by Thomas Docherty"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The Hare-Shaped Hole\u00a0is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss.<\/strong>
\nImmediately touched by the gentle rhyming and expressive illustrations in this beautiful picture book.<\/strong><\/p>\n

'<\/strong>Hertle and Bertle were always a pair,<\/em>\u00a0though 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\u00a0quite unexpectedly... the end came.'<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"When Hertle disappears for good, Bertle can only see a Hertle-shaped hole where his friend should be. He pleads with it, get angry with it, but the hole still won't bring his Hertle back.
\nIt seems like\u00a0hope is lost... until Gerda the kindly bear finds him. She explains that he must fill the hole with his\u00a0memories of Hertle.\u00a0And slowly...\u00a0Bertle begins to feel a little bit better.<\/p>\n

Powerful and moving text\u00a0from children's author and poet John Dougherty<\/a> is paired perfectly with\u00a0warm illustrations\u00a0from the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty<\/a> in a\u00a0thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0moving\u00a0picture book\u00a0can be used as part of a\u00a0gentle conversation about\u00a0death and grief\u00a0with children.<\/p>\n

\"A beautiful, gentle, rhyming exploration of grief and mourning.\" -\u00a0<\/em>Joe Coelho, Waterstones Children's Laureate.<\/p>\n

Stunningly clever at dealing with grief in the same way as a child can do, by looking all around, getting cross and then by doing something about it, the memory lives and the grief can find its own way out.<\/p>\n

Sue Martin<\/em> - Children's Literacy Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Hare-Shaped Hole\u00a0is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss. Immediately touched by the gentle rhyming and expressive illustrations in this beautiful picture book. 'Hertle and Bertle were always a pair,\u00a0though one was a turtle and one was a hare. They were utterly buddies, and best friends ...continue reading \"The Hare Shaped Hole by John Dougherty & illustrated by Thomas Docherty\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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\r\nA retail resource for the best children's books, entry point into our\r\nchildren's and community library procurement and supply service. Offering a miscellany of news and featured authors for all our readers,\r\nwhatever their age.<\/small>


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