{"product_id":"the-hare-shaped-hole-john-dougherty-thomas-docherty","title":"The Hare-Shaped Hole - John Dougherty, Thomas Docherty","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A beautiful, gentle, rhyming exploration of grief and mourning.\" - Joe Coelho, Waterstones Children's Laureate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Hare-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHertle and Bertle were always a pair, 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 quite unexpectedly... the end came.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt seems like hope is lost... until Gerda the kindly bear finds him. She explains that he must fill the hole with his memories of Hertle. And slowly... Bertle begins to feel a little bit better.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePowerful and moving text from children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with warm illustrations from the wonderfully talented Thomas Docherty in a thoughtful and sensitive approach to this difficult topic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis moving picture book can be used as part of a gentle conversation about death and grief with children.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frances Lincoln Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46723797582060,"sku":"978071127605","price":16.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0173\/5566\/9558\/files\/frances-lincoln-publishers-5-plus-the-hare-shaped-hole-john-dougherty-thomas-docherty-1234426799.png?v=1777184709","url":"https:\/\/thedonkeystale.com.au\/products\/the-hare-shaped-hole-john-dougherty-thomas-docherty","provider":"The Donkey's Tale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}