John Dougherty

Gerda 和 Orlo 是最要好的熊朋友，Orlo 總是有時間陪Gerda說故事、講笑話、玩遊戲或一起散步。他從不嫌煩，總是願意傾聽、陪伴與分享。 但有一天，Orlo 輕輕地告訴 Gerda，他生病了，而且這次不會好起來了。Gerda 心裡湧現好多種情緒；不過Orlo則是用溫柔的方式，陪她一起面對，讓他們能在剩下的時光裡，留下最珍貴的回憶。而當那個「熊熊形狀的洞」出現時，Gerda 能用這些回憶，把心裡的空缺，一點一滴填滿。 這是一本貼近孩子心靈的繪本，用溫暖真摯的方式，引導孩子理解失去與懷念，也幫助大人與孩子開啟深刻的對話，適合親子共讀，在愛中一起學習告別。 The Bear-Shaped Hole is a moving and sensitive picture book that explores preparing for loss. Gerda the bear has to process that her best friend, Orlo won’t be around forever. A beautiful companion title to the critically acclaimed The Hare-Shaped Hole, The Bear-Shaped Hole is a profound, heart-warming story that helps children understand and prepare for loss. Gerda and Orlo are best bear friends. When Gerda was there, Orlo always had time for a game or a story, a joke or a rhyme. He was never too busy to listen, to talk, to help, to share, or to go for a walk. But slowly, something starts to change. Orlo reveals he is ill, and as he softly explains to Gerda, he is not going to get better. Gerda is overwhe

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"A beautiful, gentle, rhyming exploration of grief and mourning." - Joe Coelho, Waterstones Children's LaureateThe Hare-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss. Hertle 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. 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. It 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.Powerful and moving text from children's author and poet John Dougherty is paired perfectly with warm illustrations from the wonderfully talented Thomas Doc

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