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The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Heart and the Bottle about?
<p><P>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.<P> 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.<P> Oliver Jeffers delivers a remarkable book, a tale of poignancy and resonance reminiscent of The Giving Tree that will speak to the hearts of children and parents alike.</p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>When a small girl loses her father, her only parent (Jeffers represents the loss with the father's empty chair in a moonlit room), she decides “the best thing” is to put her heart in a bottle and hang it around her neck. All the bubbly curiosity that had made her sparkle disappears, “but at least her heart was safe.” Not until the girl, now considerably older, meets “someone smaller and still curious a
Who reads The Heart and the Bottle?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Oliver Jeffers
- Publisher
- New York: Philomel Books
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780399254529
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Children'S, Fiction, Juvenile
- Rating
- 4.38 / 5 (2,916 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13