You Are Shining in the Silent Sky
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AuthorLiu Ching-Yen
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IllustratorChen Ying-Fan
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SeriesThe Slow Bloomers Collection
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ISBN9789868827417
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Format48 pages hardcover 21 x 29.7 cm
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Date2012-08-15
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Reading age3 years +
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PriceNT 250
About the Book
Autistic children may seem indifferent, but they also want to be loved. They are God's most unique gift to this troubled world, and shine brightly in their own way.
My mother said that my little brother was trapped in a special world, a world where he is the only person, no father, no mother, and no me. He insists on wearing blue clothes, eating oatmeal and fried eggs for breakfast, and spending long hours immersed in painting, drawing airplanes over and over again. When people try to get close to him, he gets angry, screams, and hurts himself. Until one day, he found a wounded bird and took it in. However, after recovery, the bird was trapped in this house, not free, just like my silent little brother...
My mother said that my little brother was trapped in a special world, a world where he is the only person, no father, no mother, and no me. He insists on wearing blue clothes, eating oatmeal and fried eggs for breakfast, and spending long hours immersed in painting, drawing airplanes over and over again. When people try to get close to him, he gets angry, screams, and hurts himself. Until one day, he found a wounded bird and took it in. However, after recovery, the bird was trapped in this house, not free, just like my silent little brother...
About the Author
Liu Ching-Yen
A journalist by training, Liu Ching-Yen has always maintained a love for children's literature. He spends most of his time translating and writing children's books. Liu Ching-Yen travels frequently both in Taiwan and abroad to speak to grownups who also love story books. He has also hosted a children's television program, winning a prize for best children's presenter in 2013. His greatest wish is to be a little magpie himself and spread the seed of reading around the globe.
A journalist by training, Liu Ching-Yen has always maintained a love for children's literature. He spends most of his time translating and writing children's books. Liu Ching-Yen travels frequently both in Taiwan and abroad to speak to grownups who also love story books. He has also hosted a children's television program, winning a prize for best children's presenter in 2013. His greatest wish is to be a little magpie himself and spread the seed of reading around the globe.
About the Illustrator
Chen Ying-Fan
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, with postgraduate studies in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her works have been selected for the 2002 Japan Asian Illustration Biennial Exhibition, won excellence in the 2008 National Publication Awards, and were chosen for the 2011 Bologna International Illustration Exhibition in Italy. Additionally, the artist was a finalist in the 2014 Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award.
Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, with postgraduate studies in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. Her works have been selected for the 2002 Japan Asian Illustration Biennial Exhibition, won excellence in the 2008 National Publication Awards, and were chosen for the 2011 Bologna International Illustration Exhibition in Italy. Additionally, the artist was a finalist in the 2014 Feng Zikai Children's Picture Book Award.
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