Oliver Jeffers

After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller.

The Heart and the Bottle

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.

Stef

Tau buku ini setelah mengikuti acara Goodread indonesia x patjarmerah di sesi cerita dari rak buku, ini salah satu buku yang di rekomendasikan mbak Ria dari teater pupetpapermoons. Really love the illustration😭😭It's truly amazing. Deskripsi kata-kata nya sedikit banget, tapi gambarnya spoke out a lot about things, dari gimana gadis kecil yang curious about the world ditinggal kakeknya yang selalu menemani nya menjawab semua pertanyaan nya sampai dimana dia memutuskan menyimpan hatinya didalam sebuah botol, sehingga dia ngga merasa kehilangan. Meski sudah menyimpan hatinya dengan baik-baik, dia tetep merasa dunia nya ngga seperti dia di masa kanak-kanak. Sampai akhirnya bertemu dengan bocah perempuan kecil di tepi pantai, yang menanyakan dia dengan segala hal, akhirnya mengingatkan dia dgn dirinya yg lalu. Untuk menjawab semua pertanyaan dia harus menggunakan hatinya didalam botol. Dan menjadi perjalanan bagaimana dia akhirnya mengeluarkan hatinya dari botol dan mengisi nya kembali.

b.andherbooks

Well punch me right in my heart book. Jeez. I've been looking for some books to help my six-year old understand sadness, grief, and death because her beloved grandpa and my dad died way too soon from a horrible and incurable brain tumor. 

This one was a little over her head and hard for her to conceptualize, but it really really struck home for me, the grownup. I think the inclusion of a male presenting character (to me a grandpa) who has a beloved chair (just like my dad), and an adoring little girl who loved to share her wonder with him just really hit home for me.

I too feel like my heart is in a bottle right now. I present like I'm okay, but really I'm guarding myself. It will be interesting to see what the future holds for me.

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.

Claudine

A classic Oliver Jeffers piece. A good reminder for adults. Came into my life at a no better time. Always worth the revisit. :)

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Menna

"After safeguarding her heart in a bottle hung around her neck, a girl finds the bottle growing heavier and her interest in things around her becoming smaller." (publisher).

The Heart and the Bottle

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