Books with title The Hole

The protagonist of The Hole has discovered a hole in his apartment and tries to find an explanation for it. He seeks expert advice. But not everything can be explained. Perhaps he'll just have to accept that the hole is there? The Hole has simple, expressive drawings created by pen and computer, and there's a hole punched right through the book, so it really exists, even if it can't be explained.Comic yet philosophical, simple yet deeply expressive, The Hole is quite simply—brilliant!"Hello, I've discovered a hole in my apartment. . . . It moves. . . . If you could come take a look. . . . Bring it down, you say? What? Hello?!"Born in 1972, Øyvind Torseter is an artist and one of Norway's most acclaimed illustrators. He employs both traditional and digital picture techniques and has created six picture books on his own and many others with different authors. Torseter has received numerous prizes for his books, which have been translated into many languages. My Father's Arms Are A Boat (Enchanted Lion Books, 2012) was his first book to be published in the United States.

Humankind totters on the brink of extinction. Soon, a superior alien race will dominate Earth. Our greatest hope lies within the ranks of an elite cadre of anonymous combatants called Ghost Warriors. He is of that number. All but mortally wounded, he has crawled into a hidden hole to heal. When he rises again, alien blood will flow!He’s the last survivor. And he's pissed!

Growing up takes courage. Tom and his new friend Mike are explorers, doing anything to escape boredom and the dramas of the past. Mike’s mom passed away from cancer recently, and Tom sets out to give him some new distractions, to help him move on with life—forget. In the forest, just outside of town, they discover a hole which hides something beyond belief. Sometimes digging beneath the surface is required to understand the truth. Tom must face the growing feelings he has for the girl next door, and Mike must face the truth of what his mother turned into before her untimely death. It will take a band of friends to dig their way out.

Anybody can fall into and get stuck in a hole!A therapeutic story for older children, young people and adults who might have experienced or be experiencing the feelings of sadness and despair told through the metaphor of falling into a hole.Ollie doesn't know why he starts feeling sad one day. He just does. At the same time he notices a crack in his house and a small hole in the ground. They get bigger until one day the house crumbles and the hole swallows both the house and Ollie. it is so deep he cannot climb out by himself.Trapped in the dark Ollie's sadness turns to despair and he finds he cannot imagine or try ever getting out of the hole. That is what happens when the darkness gets inside you.Until one day a little bird flies down into the hole.

Bestselling Australian picture book creators Kerry Brown and Lucia Masciullo join forces to bring us a brilliant new rhyming adventure, perfect for fans of The Gruffalo. If you were walking through the woodsand a hole you came upon,would you stop and take a look?Or simply carry on? One by one, a group of animals come upon a strange black holein the middle of the woods. What is lurking down below? And is that its tummyrumbling? Read on to find out ... A mysterious, thrilling and funny new adventure frombestselling Australian picture book creators Kerry Brown and Lucia Masciullo.PRAISE'This little rhyming story potters along so effortlessly that it's a pleasure to read aloud' - Good Reading'With some nods to fairy tales, the story will be a wonderful read aloud and engage children in developing ideas around problem solving. Recommended.' - ReadPlus

This planet of ours can be a very strange place. Out there is a whole world of undiscovered places, uncharted places and some that are deliberately hidden. Usually tucked away and out of sight, behind a ‘KEEP OUT!’ sign, or simply through extreme remoteness. And for good reason. But some of these mysterious places may well be a lot closer to you than you may think. Most maps usually have at least one uncharted area…Jack and Suzanne are not at all well off, they get by, just. Sunbathing vacations are not for them, although their two children, Suzy and Michael, would have other ideas. But every year, during the children's summer recess, the family leaves the big city for the extensive wilderness that surrounds.Only this year due to circumstances out of their control. One such uncharted and hidden place turns their lives upside down and takes them to the ‘Gateway to Hell.’