National Human Rights Museum to Promote Children's Human Rights Education Through Picture Books and Art to Understand Freedom
The National Human Rights Museum will launch a new series of children's human rights education activities in May 2026, titled "Childhood Under Fear, Glimmer in the Darkness." These activities, including a themed book exhibition, creative workshops, and bilingual reading sessions, aim to help parent-child families understand freedom and human rights. The program focuses on the experiences of children under totalitarian violence, featuring 14 human rights picture books. Creators like Taidi Le, winner of the 2026 Golden Butterfly Award Bronze Prize, will participate, and there will be Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin story houses.
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The National Human Rights Museum announced on April 13 that its new season of children's human rights education activities, "Childhood Under Fear, Glimmer in the Darkness," will begin in May 2026. The activities are designed for parent-child families to explore freedom and human rights through a themed book exhibition, creative experiences, and bilingual reading. The book exhibition will feature 14 human rights picture books, including "The Wall Outside the Wall," "Crabs in the Dark Night," and "Discovery," to illustrate the lives of children growing up amidst walls, prohibitions, and fear under totalitarian oppression.
A creative salon for "The Wall Outside the Wall" will host Taidi Le, the author of the 2026 Golden Butterfly Award Bronze Prize-winning picture book, and Jian Ting-fen, editor of Little Treasure Children's Books. This session will delve into the perspective of children born and raised in prison during Taiwan's White Terror period, showcasing creative sketches and reference materials.
The "Children's Creative Workshop" will be led by Huang Zi-yan and Yu Jia-lin, creators of the pop-up book "Dialogue." Participants will use the "Mathematical Poetry" of political victim Cao Kai as inspiration, transforming abstract life philosophies into tangible 3D paper art.
The "Human Rights Picture Book Story House" will offer both Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese sessions. The Taiwanese Hokkien session will be led by Teacher Dang Dang Dang (Zhang Yin-xin) from the "Taiwanese Hokkien Road Association," using nursery rhymes and interactive games. The Mandarin Chinese session, a collaboration between the "Children's Culture Research Society Human Rights Picture Book Group" and the "Adult Thought Research Society," will be led by Xiong Jun-jun, guiding families to create commemorative human rights postcards. All activities are free, and participants may receive limited edition human rights picture books and main visual postcards.
A creative salon for "The Wall Outside the Wall" will host Taidi Le, the author of the 2026 Golden Butterfly Award Bronze Prize-winning picture book, and Jian Ting-fen, editor of Little Treasure Children's Books. This session will delve into the perspective of children born and raised in prison during Taiwan's White Terror period, showcasing creative sketches and reference materials.
The "Children's Creative Workshop" will be led by Huang Zi-yan and Yu Jia-lin, creators of the pop-up book "Dialogue." Participants will use the "Mathematical Poetry" of political victim Cao Kai as inspiration, transforming abstract life philosophies into tangible 3D paper art.
The "Human Rights Picture Book Story House" will offer both Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin Chinese sessions. The Taiwanese Hokkien session will be led by Teacher Dang Dang Dang (Zhang Yin-xin) from the "Taiwanese Hokkien Road Association," using nursery rhymes and interactive games. The Mandarin Chinese session, a collaboration between the "Children's Culture Research Society Human Rights Picture Book Group" and the "Adult Thought Research Society," will be led by Xiong Jun-jun, guiding families to create commemorative human rights postcards. All activities are free, and participants may receive limited edition human rights picture books and main visual postcards.