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The young narrator's best friend, Rudi, is very sick, and it's hard for her to understand. When Rudi dies, the narrator and the other children in school help to build a pond by the big knobby oak to remember him by. A hummingbird feeder that Rudi made hangs by the pond, and one day a special hummingbird comes to visit. . . . Based on a true story, Rudi's Pond is an insightful book that will help young readers to deal with loss. Once again author Eve Bunting and illustrator Ronald Himler have combined their talents to create a memorable picture book.

本書提供了很好的示範，學習以不同的方式來陪伴孩子處理悲傷、表達思念。沒有漠視或轉移孩子的失落感覺與情緒，而是以同理、接納與關愛來陪同孩子重新建立和小魯的情感連結；透過一首詩、一座貼滿每一位同學名字及美麗石頭、貝殼的池塘送給小魯，也象徵了小魯的生命形體雖然消失，但仍以另一種方式繼續存在，依然陪伴著所愛的人。生、離、死、別是每個人都會經歷的事，作者認為小孩必需學習生活中的困境和抉擇，因為這就是「人生」。本書不急著以說理的方式讓小朋友明瞭死亡是什麼，而是以故事中小女孩面對好朋友死亡時內心真實的感受，讓感情適度宣洩並了解到死亡並不可怕，亡者仍在親友的記憶中以另一種方式存在，也讓我們看到另一種對生命的希望。