The Hare-Shaped Hole

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It helps children to accept these emotions and learn to understand we can ease the sadness by remembering special things about whatever, or whomever we have lost. A.M.Heath is proud to be a member of the Association of Authors’ Agents and endorses the principles of best practice in the Association’s Code of Practice Hello Yellow - 80 Books to Help Children Nurture Good Mental Health and Support With Anxiety and Wellbeing - The Hare-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, touching, and poignant picture book which gently explores themes of grief and loss. This 5 stages of Grief resource is an adaptation, for pupils, of the Kubler-Ross model and was inspired by the book ‘The Hare-Shaped Hole’ where all 5 stages are clearly identified.

A beautiful, gentle, rhyming exploration of grief and mourning." -Joe Coelho, Waterstones Children's Laureate Hurtle and Bertle were a pair, they had always been a pair. One was a turtle and one was a hare but they didn’t matter to the pair, best friends forever hey were always together until … unexpectedly … there was an end.Buy from our bookstore and 25% of the cover price will be given to a school of your choice to buy more books. *15% of eBooks. Home >

A beautiful and heartwarming board book about the winter season for preschoolers, by the creator of bestselling WOW! Said the Owl Acceptance– when Gerda helps him with his memories of Hertle and those memories help him fill the hole and he can take those memories with him. Activities you could use after reading the book Sometimes they can be ok and feeling happy playing and then something reminds them of the person or pet that has gone. This can make them feel sad again. Can they make a list of things that remind them of the person or pet that has gone? How does it make them feel when these things remind them? They can use the Playdough mat with playdough or whiteboard pen to draw their facial expression. How could they make themselves feel better when this happens? Write a thank you letter to the person or pet that has gone. What are they thankful for? How did that person or pet make them feel. Are they thankful for the outings they had, the walks in the woods, the special birthday cake, the hugs and kisses and so on. What might Bertle have written if he had written a letter? We really hope you love this – don’t forget to sign up for the book club – its free, and you can get the book when it is released (4th August, 2023), alongside these sheets. They can be used as a standalone too of course.Renata’s wren encounter proves magical, one most children could only wish to experience outside of this lovely story. The hole was a reminder for Bertle that his friend wasn’t there any more. Did anything remind you of the person or pet that had gone? What was it?