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Start by choosing an ice cream or cake, and by the end you know what the adult election is busy with.
It turns out that you often vote in your life,
And even if you don’t have the right to vote, you can do this ...

Before every election, in the noisy activities and discussions, do you hear these questions from your children-
"What is an election? What are the election activities doing? What will happen after the vote? The supporting party loses. What should I do?"

This picture book takes children to understand voting and election in the most approachable way. Start with the food your child likes, point out the connection between choice and voting, and then extend to how to express ideas, win support, weigh information carefully, and accept the results rationally when everyone must make a choice together. Finally, using the same core concepts to introduce adult elections, it also tells children that even if they do not have the right to vote, they still have their own way to participate. At the end of the book, there is a description of Taiwan's election methods and government organizations, so that children can know more about what can be followed before and after the election.

One day, children will also exercise the basic citizenship of this democratic country and make decisions that affect the appearance of public affairs on this land. Because voting is a matter for everyone and it is closely related to us, it is not difficult to explain the example to our children from life! No matter who parents and teachers support in the election, you can use this book to tell children what adults are busy with, and children have their own ways to participate. Cultivating democratic literacy starts from life.

Don't forget, every time we vote, we are realizing the most important value of democracy!

從選擇冰淇淋或蛋糕開始，讀到最後你就知道大人選舉忙什麼。
原來生活中你就常常在投票，
而且就算還沒有投票權，你也可以這樣做……

每次選舉前，鬧哄哄的活動和議論中，你是否聽見孩子的這些疑問──
「什麼是選舉？選活動都在做什麼？投票完以後會發生什麼事？支持的那方輸了，應該要怎麼辦？」

這本繪本用最平易近人的方式，帶孩子從生活事例看懂投票和選舉。先從孩子喜歡的食物開始，點出選擇和投票的關聯，接著延伸到當大家必須一起做選擇時，要如何表達想法、爭取支持、仔細衡量資訊，並以理性接納結果。最後再利用同樣的核心概念介紹大人的選舉，同時也告訴孩子即使沒有投票權，還是有自己參與的方式。書末並附有臺灣選舉方式及政府組織的相關介紹，讓孩子更清楚選舉前後可以關注那些事。

有一天，孩子也會行使這項民主國家的基本公民權，做出影響這塊土地公共事務樣貌的決定。正因為投票是眾人的事，跟我們息息相關，從生活中向孩子舉例其實一點也不難解釋！不管家長教師在選舉中支持誰，都可以用這本書告訴孩子，大人到底在忙什麼，而孩子也有自己參與的方式。培養民主素養，就從生活開始。

別忘了，每次投票，我們都在實現民主政治最重要的價值！