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Taiwan’s Star Drummer


Zhe-yu Lin

Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation

BySilver Award

Sixth Children’s

Literature

Awards

Although this book tells the story of a child with a physical deformity,

it takes place in an atmosphere filled with love, determined, humor,

and optimism. In fact, these are among the work’s most distinctive and

appealing attributes. The child’s deformity doesn’t cause his parents to

love him any less. Instead, they see him as bearing special marks from

Heaven. They work hard to discover his strengths and to provide him

with proper, healthy love. It is wonderful to see a work by an elementary-

school student presenting such a laudable concept.

Parents often dream of helping their children reach extraordinary heights.

But achievements come in a variety of forms. It is best to let children

develop their own individual natures and progress towards their goals in

a joyful fashion. The book describes precisely this approach.

Silver Award

Sixth Children’s Literature Awards


The Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation received a record 75 submissions for its sixth

annual “Love Makes Whole” Children’s Literature Awards. The children submitting their

work this year expressed their thoughts in a variety of ways. Their stories featured not

just human protagonists, but anthropomorphized cats, birds, monkeys, elephants, fish,

and even dragons. Having spent years fostering the development of these awards, we are

thrilled to see the atmosphere for children in Taiwan becoming more creative, and excited

by the increasing maturity of the submitted works. We see in all of them the children’s own

perspective on the world—some of which were quite surprising to us adults—and their

thoughts on how to care for our society’s various populations. All in all, we were very

pleased with the results.

We are grateful for the help we received in the assistance of our children’s literature

reviewers: Jun-yan Tsao, Lucy Chen, and Shao-wei Lu. We would also like to thank the

author, Zhe-yu Lin, for his wonderful book.

Taiwan’s Star DrummerSilver Award Winner in the Sixth Children’s Literature Awards


Delivery Room

October 6, 1992…an autumn day.

Delivery Room

The baby is here?!

Dad

Congratulations! Congratulations!

Delivery Room

Mr. Lin, this is your baby.

The father sees

the child and…Wah~

They held each

other and wept.

DadMom

God had given them a

special child with a special

mark on his mouth—a

cleft lip and palate.

They had no chance to

experience the joy of

welcoming a new life into

the world.

Why did it have to

be my little boy?

Whenever the father thought of his son, even when

he was outside on his motorcycle, the heartache was

too much. He wept and wondered, “Why did it have

to be my little boy?

Star! Stop playing with those

bolts!

The boy, whom they name Star,

loved playing with bolts from a young age.

Star had always been curious about everything and had

a strong affinity for musical rhythms. He would often

play with sticks, bottles, and cans, and made a mess of

everything around him every day. Nothing escaped his

urge to drum, not even his father’s head!

Seeing his son’s deep love for beating on

things and tapping out rhythms, his father

decided to provide him with professional

percussion training.

Hotpot RestaurantPercussion Instrum

entClass

While still the youngest student

in his class, Star became its best

percussionist. His teacher, Miss

Hsieh, praised his performance and

his natural talent for percussion.

Miss Hsieh

Taiwan

Drummer When Star had studied percussion

for three years, his father decided

that the boy needed even more

demanding, professional training if

he wanted to take his playing to the

next level.

All of Star’s training and hard work eventually paid off with

the chance to compete in the Children’s Jazz Drumming

Competition. The competition’s top prize, an NT$500,000

scholarship, caught the whole family’s attention.

Star’s polished and precise drumming captured the

audience’s attention the moment he took the stage and

ultimately earned him enthusiastic cheers and applause.

declared the head of the judging

panel. Star had defeated all the other

competitors to win first place and the

top prize of NT$500,000.

Let’s congratulate

Taiwan’s newest golden drummer

Star!

Star’s parents never treated him as a “special” child.

They sought fun and education everywhere, and

fostered his talent for percussion, just like parents do for

ordinary kids. Star does many things he enjoys, just like

other boys. Always smart and focused, he isn’t just a

brilliant drummer, but also shines at painting, gym class,

and academics. Nowadays, his parents think of him as a

child sent by Heaven bearing a special mark.

Although this book tells the story of a child with a physical deformity,

it takes place in an atmosphere filled with love, determined, humor,

and optimism. In fact, these are among the work’s most distinctive and

appealing attributes. The child’s deformity doesn’t cause his parents

to love him any less. Instead, they see him as bearing special marks

from Heaven. They work hard to discover his strengths and to provide

him with proper, healthy love. It is wonderful to see a work by an

elementary-school student presenting such a laudable concept.

Parents often dream of helping their children reach extraordinary

heights. But achievements come in a variety of forms. It is best to let

In a Loving, Humorous Atmosphere: A Review of Taiwan’s Star Drummer

children develop their own individual natures and progress towards their

goals in a joyful fashion. The book describes precisely this approach.

Though the author is just beginning the fifth grade, his text and

illustrations are of a high standard. If he explores the picture book genre

at greater depth, absorbing and integrating the techniques of the field’s

top illustrators, he will certainly go on to create even more impressive art

of his own. We all look forward to his future work.

Jun-yan TsaoCommitteeman

I’m very excited to have won the Silver Award. First, I

would like to thank Miss Wan-yan Zhen of the NCF.

At the start, I lacked the confidence to participate

in the competition, but Miss Zhen brought me the

application in person and encouraged me to sign

up. After discussing it with my parents, I decided to

write a true story. With their guidance and advice, I

completed the book in a week.

Silver Award Speech

My student ID number has been “two” since the first grade, and that’s

often where I’ve finished in competitions. It almost seems to be my lucky

number. I hope if I keep trying, I can change my lucky number to “one.”

Finally, I’d like to thank the NCF for arranging this contest; Miss Ji-yin,

for whom I have the greatest respect; and all the other people who have

helped and encouraged me. Thank you all. I am truly blessed.

Zhe-Yu Lin, Class 7, Grade 5Guei-ji Elementary SchoolTaoyuan County

Publisher: Daniel Chiung-shing Huang

Chief Executive: Rebecca King-ying Wang

Producer: Debi Te-yun Fan and Shanglin Lee

Designer: Otto Yang


Address: R708, 7F., No.54, Sec. 4, Minsheng E. Rd., Taipei 10574, Taiwan

TEL: +886-2-27190408

FAX: +886-2-27128002

Website: http://www.nncf.org

Email: [email protected]

© Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation 2013

Chinese edition published in 2003.

English edition published in April, 2013.

All rights reserved. Used by permission. No part of this book may be reproduced or

transmitted in any form or by any process without prior written permission.


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Zhe-yu Lin


BySilver Award

Sixth Children’s Literature Awards

Although this book tells the story of a child with a physical deformity, it takes place in an atmosphere filled with love, determined, humor, and optimism. In fact, these are among the work’s most distinctive and appealing attributes. The child’s deformity doesn’t cause his parents to love him any less. Instead, they see him as bearing special marks from Heaven. They work hard to discover his strengths and to provide him with proper, healthy love. It is wonderful to see a work by an elementary-school student presenting such a laudable concept.

Parents often dream of helping their children reach extraordinary heights. But achievements come in a variety of forms. It is best to let children develop their own individual natures and progress towards their goals in a joyful fashion. The book describes precisely this approach.

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