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Taiwan’s Star Drummer
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
Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation
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
Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation
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
Noordhoff Craniofacial Foundation
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.
Taiwan’s Star Drummer
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Taiwan’s Star Drummer
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.
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