The Hole, 9780241737156
Paperback
A boy’s grief creates a hole, friendship helps him fill it.

$20.70

  • Paperback

    32 pages

  • Release Date

    7 April 2025

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Summary

The Hole in My Heart: A Story About Grief and Healing

A powerful and profoundly moving picture book story about grief that is perfect for opening up conversations about loss with young readers.

A little boy has a big hole in his life after his brother’s death. It’s in the bottom bunk where Matty used to sleep, and on Matty’s chair at dinner.

It follows him everywhere - and he hates it.

But with the help of a friend, he manages to climb into the hole and confr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780241737156
ISBN-10:024173715X
Author:Lindsay Bonilla, Brizida Magro
Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK
Imprint:Puffin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:7 April 2025
Weight:166g
Dimensions:255mm x 205mm x 5mm
About The Author

Lindsay Bonilla

Lindsay Bonilla (Author)

Lindsay Bonilla is a professional storyteller and author whose previous picture books include The Storyteller, Parents’ Choice Award winner Polar Bear Island, I Love You with All of My Hearts and The Note Who Faced the Music. She lives with her husband, two wild and creative kids and her dog, Blitzen, in North Canton, Ohio.

Brizida Magro (Illustrator)

Brizida Magro is an illustrator based in Boulder, Colorado, where she teaches illustration at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. She also illustrated Gift & Box by Ellen Mayer, Saturday at the Food Pantry by Diane O’Neill and Let Me Call You Sweetheart by Mary Lee Donovan. She loves to experiment with paper collage, gouache, china marker and digital art. Her childhood greatly influenced her current work, which blends together the innocence of vintage children’s art, the naivete of folk art and frolicking adventures through the great outdoors. She enjoys simplicity, whimsy, wee characters and collecting vintage papers. She is passionate about rock climbing, wandering the world and bringing stories to life.

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