The Heart and the Bottle

　　總是和小女孩一起探索世界的爺爺離開了，小女孩決心將自己的心放在一個玻璃罐中，認定從此再也不會受傷。放進玻璃罐的當下，她也收起了對世間所有事物的好奇心，不再想去認識世界的美好。直到一天，她遇到一個和從前的自己一樣的女孩，想分享的同時卻發現自己再也無法分享，於是想將玻璃罐打破，讓心重回自己身上。但她無論如何都無法將玻璃罐打破，直到新朋友以她的小手幫忙從罐中取出，讓主角終於重新感受對世界的熱情。

　　奧利佛．傑法的溫暖畫風搭配這個失去摯愛之後，因為受傷、害怕而將內心封閉，進而重新打開心扉的故事，讀來特別動人。有時候，心會一次次遇到打擊而破碎，但我們仍需保持對世界的好奇與想望，才能一次次從打擊中重拾對生命與人生美好的期待。【文∕博客來外文館】

　　Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love and loss in this life-affirming, uplifting tale, due to be featured in a major motion picture. Once there was a girl whose life was filled with wonder at the world around her! Then one day something happened that made the girl take her heart and put it in a safe place. However, after that it seemed that the world was emptier than before. But would she know how to get her heart back? In this deeply moving story, Oliver Jeffers deals with the weighty themes of love and loss with an extraordinary lightness of touch and shows us, ultimately, that there is always hope.

作者簡介

　　Oliver Jeffers is a fresh new talent in picture books. He graduated from The University of Ulster in 2001 with First Class honors and has since exhibited his paintings around the world. His outstanding talent has been recognized by several high-profile awards, including the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award, the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award and the Irish Children's Book of the Year.