Once there was a girl, much like any other
She delighted in everything, in discovering new things, and questioning and thinking and exploring
... until the day she found an empty chair.
So, to avoid the unpleasant and painful thoughts and feelings, she put her heart in a safe place: A bottle that she hung around her neck.
She didn't notice, question or dream any more, but at least her heart was safe.
Then one day, she couldn't answer a question a child asked her and she discovered with out her heart, she couldn't answer it, nor could she remember how to get her heart back out of the bottle.
Luckily she meets a girl who knew what to do and she put her heart back where it belonged.
Awww. This is one of those books that just feels good. You might have noticed that my picture book reviews tend to keep coming back to this sort of theme. I love stories about being in touch with your emotions/creativity/imagination. It's a better way of being, in my opinion. And this is such a lovely book for that collection.
Find it, read it, enjoy it.
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