內容簡介
內容簡介 Louise心愛的狗狗Charlie 到天堂去了,傷心的Louise外出透透氣。她划著小船,想著Charlie最愛的就是水、迎面吹拂的海風和小島探險。Louise 走進小島,碰到一隻熊。Louise很害怕,大吼,並朝著大熊丟木頭,但大熊無精打采地躺下。Louise趕緊划船離開。她回頭看大熊,大熊神情哀傷,Louise覺得好像看到自己。 接連幾天,Louise返回小島找大熊,部份為了自己,部份為了大熊。漸漸地,Louise和大熊愈來愈麻吉,Louise甚至連冬天都造訪小島,直到有一天,大熊不見了。Louise發現一個難過的事實。再一次,Louise經歷了分離憂傷,感到生活不再如常。但,事情仍會朝著好的方向發展,就像當初遇到大熊一樣。一個生命的結束,也許接著一個新生命的到來—春天,家裡添了新成員。 Bear Island is a heartfelt picture book about healing after bereavement by Caldecott Medalist Matthew Cordell. Louise and her family are sad after their beloved dog Charlie dies. "Life will not be the same," Louise says, as she visits a little island that Charlie loved. But on the island, something strange happens: she meets a bear who teaches her that getting over a bereavement takes time and that sometimes, things can change for the better. -Matthew Cordell's Wolf in the Snow won the 2018 Caldecott Medal. -Deals deftly with bereavement and healing for the youngest readers with stunning artwork and beautiful text.
作者介紹
作者介紹 Matthew Cordell Matthew Cordell is the author and illustrator of many books for children, including Wolf in the Snow, winner of the 2018 Caldecott Medal, and praised as ""Beautifully paced . . . ultimately reassuring"" by the Wall Street Journal. He lives in suburban Chicago with his wife, author Julie Halpern, and their two children.