Synopsis
When you grow your 100th white hair,
you must embark on a journey to find the key to life and open the door to a new world.
Otherwise, you will shrink and turn into a cat-shaped stone...
Four elderly black cat friends make a pact to embark on an adventure in search of the key to life.
Along the way, they discover that experiences from their youth can solve immediate challenges,
but certain truths only become clear with age.
Some friendships, however, remain unchanged forever...
When you grow your 100th white hair, what will you do?
This is a picture book created for mature audiences, using the adventure of four elderly black cats to explore choices in facing life in "old age." We all age, but we have the choice to either quietly await the outcome or to set out in search of the key, opening up new worlds.
Celebrity endorsements
| 陳 菊Chen Chu |
President of the Control Yuan |
| 李麗芬Li Li-Fen |
Deputy Minister, Ministry of Health and Welfare |
| 吳念真Wu Nianzhen |
Director |
| 李偉文Lee Wei-Wen |
Dentist, Writer, Environmental Volunteer |
| 賴嘉綾Lai Chia-Ling |
Writer, Picture Book Reviewer |
| 陶樂蒂Tao Le-Di |
Picture Book Artist, Writer |
| 海狗房東Hai Gou Fang Dong |
Picture Book Worker |
| 白明奇Bai Ming-Qi |
Director of the Successful Aging Institute, National Cheng Kung University |
| 陳書梅Chen Shu-Mei |
Professor, Department of Library and Information Science, National Taiwan University; Picture Book Bibliotherapy Expert |
| 游珮芸You Pei-Yun |
Director, Chinese Association for Children's Literature |
| 張淑卿Zhang Shu-Qing |
Secretary-General, Taiwan Long-Term Care Advocacy Alliance |
| 李若綺Li Ruo-Qi |
Executive Director, Horng Dau Foundation for Elderly Welfare |
| 賴添福Lai Tian-Fu |
Chairman, Taiwan Elderly Welfare Institutions Association |
| 林金立Lin Jin-Li |
Chairman, Taiwan Home Care Service Strategy Alliance |
| 涂心寧Tu Xin-Ning |
General Secretary, Ai Fu Family Association |
| 施定宏Shi Ding-Hong |
Chairman, Taipei City Community Silver-Haired Long-Term Care Development Association |
Author Bio
Lu Fangfang
Lu Fangfang is a well-known advocate for mature-age picture books in Taiwan, having conducted over a thousand lectures and events on the subject. She pioneered the establishment of the "Later Youth Picture Book Museum" and serves as its chief editor, immersing herself daily in stacks of picture books, exploring the limitless possibilities of applying mature-age picture books. Her dream is to make picture books loved by people from ages 0 to 100. Lu Fangfang has authored picture books such as "Bone Island," "Amo's Story House," "Pets' Homecoming," as well as the specialized book "Baby Listens to Stories: Shared Reading Fun, Using Picture Books to Boost Children's Reading Skills."
Illustrator Bio
Nenmao Lin
Nenmao Lin is an original artist and animator for the international IP Kuroro, as well as the executive artist for the serialized manga "Fushigina Nyanko Gakuin" in the renowned Japanese magazine "Neko Biyori." Lin has directed numerous domestic and international animated shorts, including promotional animations such as "KuroroX Tokyo Station" for Tokyo Ichiban-gai, "The Travel of Pearl Milk Tea" for the famous Japanese bookstore chain Book 1st, "Kuroro Space Burger" for the themed restaurant in Hsinchu Nanya, and promotional animations like "Lung Cancer Strategy" and "Lymphoma Strategy" for Cancer Hope Foundation.
