The Heart and the Bottle

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7096916-the-heart-and-the-bottle

https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/05/14/oliver-jeffers-the-heart-and-the-bottle/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/apr/03/children-picturebooks-ahlberg-gravett-jeffers

https://vikkivansickle.wordpress.com/2010/03/06/a-lump-in-my-throat-the-heart-and-the-bottle/

https://www.thelittlereadingroom.com.au/book-review/the-heart-and-the-bottle/


- tackles a gritty realistic subject matter (the loss of a loved one)
- uses ambiguity to allow the reader to explore the narrative to their own level of emotional development
- is not as open to interpretation as the giving tree. It uses ambiguity within the narrative (you are never actually specifically told about the death of a loved one). The overall meaning of the book is still relatively clearly defined