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A Father Who Makes Books
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This picture book recounts through historical imagination and outstanding storytelling skills an anecdote from the childhood of Bak Je-ga (1750-1815), who was a member of the Silhak (“Practical Learning”) school of thought during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). A passage in a work by Bak, who cut paper every day during his childhood to make books, has been newly created into a tale of heartwarming love between father and son. Even amidst a social situation where those born to aristocratic fathers and lower-class mothers were discriminated against, Bak grew up under his father’s loving care. The future author was fonder of writing than anyone, and his childhood anecdote of cutting paper daily to make books has been reshaped through historical imagination and excellent storytelling skills. The expression of gentle and warm love from Bak’s father is quietly moving, transcending the period and discrimination. With traditional East Asian painting techniques, where ink and colors are applied to traditional paper, the illustrator depicts life during the Joseon Dynasty tastefully yet portrays the characters in a lighthearted and humorous manner, as if they were from a comic book, thus adding energy to this work. With dark ink brush strokes and bold composition and presentation, the volume depicts in depth the deep love communicated between father and son.
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Wordplay Picture Book Series
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Korean boasts a wealth of onomatopoeias and phenomemes (words mimicking a state or a manner) and an unlimited ability to coin words. The Changbi Word Play Picture Book Series are structured so that readers will learn representative onomatopoeias and phenomemes in the language in a fun way, as if playing games, through beautiful illustrations and rhythmical sentences. These books will greatly help children to speak Korean even more richly and to develop their linguistic abilities during infancy, when language is learned, and the sensuous and splendid drawings will capture youngsters’ eyes, thus being sufficient to foster their artistic sensibilities. Grin-grin and Wiggle-wiggle, which deal with phenomemes, and Vroom-vroom and Rumble-tumble, which deal with onomatopoeias, select ten symbolic words according to their respective themes and arrange them together with illustrations to fit the flow of the stories, thus allowing children to take interest, to learn language as if playing games, and to turn the pages joyfully. The warm yet rough grain of wood, which can be seen only in woodblock prints, and the subtle and beautiful hues created by the overlaying of color after color add depth to these volumes as picture books.
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We’re Going to Make Money
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This book depicts the fiasco that ensues as children who, though there is much that they wish to do and have, have little money set out to earn it on their own. Amidst the events that unfold chaotically without leaving even a moment for readers to become bored, the volume reflects the acute problematics that there are things more valuable than money, thus leaving a deep aftertaste. Cho-won wants to eat delicious chicken, Sang-mi wants to wear a dress with white lace, and Yong-su wants to put on dashing soccer shoes. However, these 5th graders do not have much money. The three friends therefore decide to make money with their abilities. But they are accused of theft when they try to gather and sell empty bottles and are not paid their daily wages properly even though they have posted hundreds of flyers. Fortunately, the youngsters grab a chance to obtain free tickets to a famous band’s concert and to sell them to other friends. The three children’s haphazard efforts to earn money unfold in a gripping manner.
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A Story of the Economy from Angela, Who Saved the Kingdom
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Through a tale in which Angela, a young princess, grows into a wise and confident monarch, this book for children naturally shows the generation and development of the basic concepts of the contemporary economy such as exchange, market, and division of labor. In addition, it teaches that the true economic prosperity of a nation is possible when not only high productivity but also individuals’ basic human rights are ensured, thus prompting young readers to look at diverse economic phenomena in South Korean society from a balanced perspective. This is the volume on economics in the Changbi Books for Learning about Society Series.
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Yeo-reum’s Diary of Hatching Chicks
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What does the word “eggs” first recall? To most youngsters, eggs will be food ingredients to make tasty dishes such as grilled eggs, steamed eggs, and fried eggs. However, eggs are essentially eggs hatched by hens and therefore have the possibility of being born as chicks. Though it is difficult to think of chicks at the sight of eggs in supermarket refrigerators, even those eggs can hatch into chicks if they are fertile eggs produced through mating by roosters and hens. This obvious yet very surprising fact is the challenge taken on by Yeo-reum’s family during the summer. Yeo-reum’s Diary of Hatching Chicks is a book that vividly depicts the process of trying to hatch chicks from a child’s perspective. It candidly and humorously reveals the actual experiences of the author and his child, and photographs taken by the author himself add to the immediacy.
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Nogak’s Rooftop Honeybees
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An ordinary office worker living in a city, Nogak learns that agriculture has been negatively affected by a decrease in the number of honeybees. He realizes that, no matter how diligently people cultivate kitchen gardens on weekend farms, plants will not bear fruit well if honeybees disappear and that it will be difficult for humans to live if and when produce is gone. This is a non-fiction picture book recounting how, after pondering on the issue, Nogak quit his company and became an urban beekeeper teaching many people to raise bees in cities. As such, the volume will prompt young readers to realize how much meaningful change the modest choices of ordinary people can bring to society and give them the strength and courage to challenge, dream, and imagine without reservation. As beautiful scenes ranging from the urban forest of jam-packed high-rises to an apiary in the mountain thick with peach blossoms to the majestic sight of thousands of honeybees coming out of honeycombs and swarming vividly unfold, information that will whet youngsters’ curiosity such as the characteristics of honeybees and methods for raising these insects, too, is amply provided, thus adding to the joy of reading. Impressive is the protagonist’s efforts to resolve our problems today on his own without shifting them to future generations.
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The Story of Body from Ms. Shooting Star
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Lee Ji-yoo, who has invited readers to vast worlds such as volcanoes, Earth, and universe and fascinatingly explained diverse types of scientific and historical knowledge in previous books, leads us to the world of the human body this time. Starting from common questions, this volume explicates the composition and operation of the body on children’s eye level, in a readily comprehensible manner. Part 1 deals with cells, which are the smallest units constituting the body. Part 2 addresses sensory organs, which receive external stimuli through the senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell. Part 3 explains the skeleton, which buttresses the body, and the skin, which covers the body. Part 4 guides readers to the roles of internal organs such as the circulatory and digestive systems. Finally, Part 5 examines in a multifaceted way the brain, which can be seen as the headquarters of the body. As such, this work surely will go beyond simply satisfying young readers’ curiosity about the human body and help them to care for and maintain their own bodies in a healthy and independent way based on the correct understanding of the body.
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The Raspberry King
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In this volume, which is her first picture book, Go Su-jin gives new expression to an old tale from Northern Europe through her unique, individual painting style. The mysterious adventures of Therese and Aina, sisters who are very fond of raspberries, unfold against the backdrop of the beautiful and dense forests Northern Europe. Noteworthy are the fantastical atmosphere created by sylvan nights, flowers and trees inhabited by spirits, and fairies with unknown names as well as the rich colors and the dynamic mise-en-scène, which will lead readers into a world of imagination. Adding a lesson about the preciousness of friendship and life to the attraction of old stories where the protagonists are rewarded for their good deeds, this work will present readers with a new joy in reading picture books of old tales. Storyline: Once upon a time, there lived in a deep, deep mountain four brothers and sisters who loved raspberries. One day, Therese and Aina, the sisters, discovered a little caterpillar in their basket for raspberries and freed it in the forest. The girls went inside the forest to gather raspberries, only to lose their way and wander. In the process, they encountered plants that tasted like bread and milk and flowers that were like fluffy cotton candies. After spending one night in the woods, the sisters followed a fairy to a festival in the Raspberry Village, where they appeared before the girls. Showered with words of thanks and presents by the ruler, the sisters then happily returned home.
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I Like the Moon
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The first original picture book by the budding author Na Myeong-nam, this volume depicts through delicate pencil drawings a baby owl’s trip to the mysterious moon. The work captures the mystical atmosphere of the heavenly body, beautifully portraying it with a heartwarming imagination and a lyrical touch. The journey through which the young bird comes to learn of the secret of the moon, which brightly illuminates the night, is depicted like a festival, thus conveying to readers excitement, energy, and emotional satisfaction. Wholly reflecting childlike feelings, wishes, and imagination, with the familiar celestial object as the subject matter, this volume will be a picture book about the moon for the entire family. Storyline: Living deep in the forest, the baby owl is very fond of the moon and has wish to visit the celestial domain just once. One night, a yellow piece wafts down from heaven to the young bird. After touching this mysterious object, the owlet is transported to the lunar world and meets the moon rabbits that live there. The baby owl excitedly creates a full moon together with the moon rabbits and then returns to the forest.
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Pope Francis, a Friend of the Poor
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The first Latin American Pope, selected by Time in 2013 as the “Person of the Year”
One of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” selected by Fortune in 2014 Let’s meet Pope Francis’s life of courage! This work presents the life of Pope Francis, who has dedicated himself to the creation of “A poor Church for the poor,” through a compelling narrative and a vivid voice. While advocating mercy and solidarity and urging the reform of the Roman Catholic Church on the one hand, the current pontiff has deeply moved the international community by endeavoring to get closer to the indigent and the weak. As such, this volume persuasively demonstrates that the values upheld by Pope Francis stem from what he has undergone with his body and soul. The simple yet powerful messages that he conveys to people who have been shunned in an economy of exclusion and inequality and people who have shut their eyes to others’ pain will resonate deeply for everyone living in this era. This book is the 13th volume in the “Let’s Meet Historical Figures” Series.
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