{"id":80,"date":"2020-06-17T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-17T07:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/?p=80"},"modified":"2020-08-04T17:29:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T07:29:23","slug":"julie-paschkis-where-lily-isnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/17\/julie-paschkis-where-lily-isnt\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Paschkis: Where Lily Isn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Published by Henry Holt and Company, 2020<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a beautifully tender book that explores how it feels to lose a beloved pet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David Whyte, poet and philosopher, has spoken about the empty space that a loved one can leave behind upon their death and he referred to it as \u201cthe shape of your own absence\u201d. It\u2019s a haunting thought, that sense that a physical being can leave behind a hollowness that you can almost feel. Paschkis has elegantly described how this absence feels for a young girl who has lost her dog Lily, taking us to all the places that Lily isn\u2019t. Lily is not under the table waiting for scraps, not barking at the door when the mail arrives, not pushing and pulling on the lead, not rolling over waiting for her belly to be rubbed. As the young girl journeys through her day without her pet being a part of it, the observations become sadder and more poignant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I neared the end of the book on my first reading, I expected to see the young girl embrace a new puppy, something to fill the absence. Instead, we see her at the table drawing her memories and recognising that the love she had for Lily will forever remain in her heart. And I think that ending is more real, because we can\u2019t always replace what is lost and sometimes we just have to hold on to the memories and keep them in our heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-purple-color\">I can highly recommend this book for children 2-8 years old and here are other titles that explore the themes of loss, grief and death:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82\" width=\"200\" height=\"226\"\/><figcaption>The Heart and the Bottle <br>by Oliver Jeffers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83\" width=\"200\" height=\"207\"\/><figcaption>The Rabbit Listened <br>by Cori Doerrfeld<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-84\" width=\"200\" height=\"211\"\/><figcaption>The Scar by <br>Charlotte Moundlic<br>Illustrated by Olivier Tallec<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine Published by Henry Holt and Company, 2020 This is a beautifully tender book that explores how it feels to lose a beloved pet. David Whyte, poet and philosopher, has spoken about the empty space that a loved one can leave behind upon their death and he referred to it as \u201cthe &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/06\/17\/julie-paschkis-where-lily-isnt\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Julie Paschkis: Where Lily Isn\u2019t<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,25,12],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-death","tag-emotions","tag-relationships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypicturebooks.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}