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We've got a very exciting cover reveal coming soon.... Tuesday 26/11 🐻🐻📚 John Dougherty #ThomasDocherty

Thank you, Teresa Cremin, for including The Hare-Shaped Hole - and "the absent presence of Hertle" is just perfect.

Cover reveal ✨🐻 The Bear-Shaped Hole is a beautiful, heart-warming picture book that will help children prepare for the loss of a loved one. Written by John Dougherty and illustrated by #ThomasDocherty 📚🐻 Pre-order now: geni.us/BearShapedHole

The Hare Shaped Hole by John Dougherty and pictures by Tom Docherty is a poignant picture book exploring grief and the loss of a friend. I lost a friend today. This book is beautiful and explores themes gently and with compassion for children.

I have attended many CPR classes over the years, but I was never told this… What do you do when you're alone and have a heart attack? Here’s an important post that can’t be shared often enough: Take a 2-minute break and read this: Let’s say it’s 5:25 pm, and you're driving home

Anyone who has ever claimed to be concerned about the victims of "Muslim grooming gangs," but doesn't want Shamima Begum rescued and brought home after being trafficked by one of the biggest grooming gangs on earth, is absolutely full of shit.

Here is a recap of all our wonderful winners so far! Who will be our 2025 winner? #OBP25

At the heart of Oscar's Book Prize is the wish to inspire a love for reading. Reading with and reading to children can be a magical experience. Illustration by Thomas Docherty , illustrator of last year's shortlisted book 'The Hare Shaped Hole' written by John Dougherty Frances Lincoln Children's Books

A moving story of loss and love John Dougherty beautifully illustrated by Thomas Docherty #TheBearShapedHole Quarto Kids #FrancesLincolnChildrensBooks is #RedReadingHub’s #picturebook of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-d8f

The 2025 shortlist..

Our 2025 Winner! The wonderful Polly Noakes with 'Just The Two Of Us' (Andersen Press)

👀📚Check out my MAY 2025 Children’s Books I’m Most Excited About video on my YouTube channel. Please subscribe! 📖🌟Each month, I put together #ComingSoon videos previewing my most anticipated children’s books releases to bump up your TBRs! ➡️ youtu.be/JV2qRbYtG_E?fe…

Our #BookOfTheMonth - and the BookTrust #BookOfTheDay - is a story that explores the overwhelming mix of emotions surrounding impending loss, grief & bereavement. #TheBearShapedHole by John Dougherty & Thomas Docherty is really important: booktrust.org.uk/book-recommend…

Publication day! #TheBearShapedHole, companion to #TheHareShapedHole, is out in the world!

Lots of you will know the award-winning ‘The Hare-Shaped Hole’, which deals with unexpected bereavement. Today sees the launch of ‘The Bear-Shaped Hole’, where there is time to prepare for loss due to illness. Another hugely valuable book for young children #picturebook #kidlit

Happy Publication Day! A gentle, heartfelt tale that helps children navigate and understand the complex emotions associated with loss. quokkabookstore.com/product/the-be… Quarto Kids Frances Lincoln Children's Books

ReadingZone's #BookoftheDay is a stunning #picturebook, The Bear-Shaped Hole, by the creators of award-winning The Hare-Shaped Hole. Here's author John Dougherty & illus John Docherty to introduce their story of loss, and what inspired it. 👉readingzone.com/books/the-bear… #bereavement

Very pleased to see The Bear-Shaped Hole chosen as one of ⁦The Guardian⁩’s best new books for children ❤️ theguardian.com/books/2025/may…

Thank you to Joshua Seigal - 'YAPPING AWAY' out now! and John Dougherty for supporting our school community by sending us signed copies of your books with supportive messages. We read The Hare-Shaped Hole to Nursery today and we cried, we laughed and we filled a hare shaped template with happy memories.