Woodpecker Girl

Based on an actual story, a girl with cerebral palsy feels trapped in her body and unable to communicate. It causes her to grunt in anger, scaring off children and making it impossible to make friends. When her art teacher straps a paintbrush to her head, the children nickname her "Woodpecker Girl." But the girl begins to paint her thoughts and feelings and her talent bursts through. Illustrator Huang mimicked the girl's style for the book and the girl's real paintings are displayed in the backmatter.

About the author

Chingyen LIU is a children's book writer and hosts radio and TV shows. He is a two-time winner of the Golden Bell Award in Taiwan for the best children's TV show host. When he first met Yipei, on which Woodpecker Girl is based, he was amazed at her power, talent, and drive to overcome her physical limitations due to cerebral palsy. Watching her paint helped him decide how to write and structure the book. He worked closely with I-Tsun CHIANG, a professor of special education at National Taiwan Normal University, to review and edit the story. Mr. Chiang has been working for years helping people with multiple handicaps, including cerebral palsy. He believes the world needs to see the talents and potential of people with physical limitations.

Product details

• Authors: I-Tsun Chinag, Chingyen Liu, Ching-Yen And Chiang Liu
• Assisted by: Heidi Doll (Illustration)
• Publisher: Reycraft Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 8
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9781478869542
• ISBN: 978-1-4788-6954-2
• No. of pages: 40
• Dimensions: 221 mm x 300 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Kinder/Jugendliche: Romane, Erzählungen, Tatsachenberichte, Children's Books / Ages 4-8 Fiction, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Special Needs