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O Coração E A Garrafa (2010)

by Oliver Jeffers(Favorite Author)

4.33 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Orfeu Negro

review 1: The Heart and the Bottle features the story of a very curious young girl. While the girl's father is never mentioned in the text, the first few pages show her exploring the world with her father. One day, she finds the chair that her father always sits in empty. Older readers will gather that the father has died. The girl decides to put her heart in a bottle to keep it safe. While older readers will understand that she has been hurt by the death and wants to protect her feelings, younger readers may have trouble grasping this metaphor. The girl loses interest in the world while her heart is in the bottle. One day, she meets a curious young girl at the beach. She can't converse with the girl because her heart is in the bottle. She can't find a way to get her heart out of th... moree bottle until she asks the girl at the beach for help. She ends the story by filling the empty chair and regaining her curiosity. Jeffers attempts to tackle the complexity of loss and grief with a metaphor of a heart in a bottle. Jeffers seems to undertake a daunting task. Some children may have difficulty grasping the meaning of the text and its metaphor. The book could provide a way for parents to help children understand loss and sadness, but it may not make sense for many children. The book also involves a relatively complex plot. It could provide an opportunity for children to practice narrative skills, but may not be appropriate for all younger readers because of its literary complexity.
review 2: Lovely book with a deep message of loss and the grief that comes after it, finished with the acceptance of opening up your heart again once the grief subsides. I read this story to my 3 year old son and we both really enjoyed it. The pictures are great for little ones and if you ask them questions about what the picture tells them, they really can benefit and understand this story. My son said during the story; "her dad went somewhere and now she misses him" He even looked at the book by himself afterwards, taking in the story and pictures independently. I think this book is a good way of introducing death to little ones in a gentle way and I think children aged 3/4 years and up would benefit most from it. less

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