Hill & Hole - Reviewed by Mrs May

Hill and Hole is a thought provoking picture book about a hill who watches the sun rises and a hole who feels the earth breathe. Both of them are very content in their lives, but they both choose to swap place for a while and see what the other sees.

For a time they are both happy, but then they ask to be changed back. The wind blows and blows but leaves neither the hill, nor the hole, just a flat plain. They are both happy to see the sun rise and feel the earth breathe, but the book leaves us with the words 'for a while'.

This story lends itself to lots of discussion about wanting what we don't have, and how it often seems  that someone else's position is better than our present situation, but it actually might not be so. It also allows for talk about the serious, irreversable consequences our decisions might have.

On the lighter side it is a lovely story about two friends living in harmony.