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The Story of Deserts from Mrs. Shooting Star
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Having introduced readers to the vast realms of volcanoes, Earth, and outer space and provided them with fascinating explanations of a variety of scientific and historical knowledge in her earlier works, Lee Ji-yoo guides them to the world of deserts this time. Based on her experience of crossing Western Australia, this volume presents fascinating stories of deserts that debunk, in a stroke, common stereotypes of deserts such as sandstorms and camels. The word “desert” recalls typical landscapes: the scorching sun, sandstorms sweeping from everywhere, and parched lands without so much as a blade of grass. Such images, however, are only a part of the sheer variety that deserts exhibit. The definition of a desert is “a place with an annual rainfall of 250 mm or below,” and this condition does not include the temperature. Surprisingly, Antarctica and Greenland, both lands of ice, too, are classified as deserts, and many deserts are distributed even in plateaus covered with rocks as well. This volume examines such diverse aspects of deserts including: the Sahara Desert, which has camels and sand dunes; the Gobi Desert, where many dinosaur fossils are found; the Atacama Desert, which is the highest desert on Earth and thus perfect for observing outer space; Antarctica, the coldest desert; and tundras, lands of white nights and auroras.
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Changbi Books, Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books_Children > Non-fiction
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Wobbly
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Through the pitiable life of Wobbly, a black chick that has become a part of Sun-jin’s family, this work prompts readers to ponder carefully on the meanings of life and peace. The story begins as the protagonist’s father buys and brings home a hen on one market day in July 1948. Sun-jin’s family raises: Blacky, a jet black hen; Chinny, a hen with yellow feathers; and a rooster with red plumes. Next year, not long before New Year’s Day, the hens brood and hatch eggs. One day, however, one of Blacky’s chicks jumps into the blazing stove. Burned in the fire, the young bird has its beak molder away and all its claws fall out, thus standing awkwardly and walking crookedly. From that day on, it is called “Wobbly.” Burned, Wobbly no longer looks like a chick. Even Blacky, its mother, fails to recognize it, fiercely attacking and pecking on it. The young bird is now a loner. Nevertheless, it overcomes hardships and pain and lives on amidst the devoted care of Sun-jin’s family. Kwon Jeongsaeng Literary Picture Book Series
This series combines Kwon Jeongsaeng’s short stories for children and drawings to arouse new emotions. Reborn as picture books, long-beloved tales expand the moving experience of literature. The series was begun in 2015 with the first volume, Ddolbae Has Been to the Moon (illustrated by Kim Yong-cheol), in a wish that these works would meet and enrich even more readers, transcending generations. The Kwon Jeongsaeng Literary Picture Book Series will continue to be published in the future.
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Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books_Children > Picture book
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The Taekgyeong Master in My Neighborhood
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The second volume in the Changbi Sundry Neighbors Series, which presents stories of people who dream freely and make challenges with gusto Through a taekgyeon (traditional Korean martial art) master who makes courageous choices in life in his own way and Min-jun, the protagonist, this tale prompts readers to reflect on the definition of true strength and happy and natural ways of using strength. Min-jun, who has yelled at and tormented Gyeong-su, the weakest student in class, to show off his strength, realizes after hearing the master’s words that he must do something other than learning kicking skills in order to be a truly strong person: admitting his own faults and genuinely apologizing to Gyeong-su. In the process of learning and putting into practice the meaning of a “really strong” person, the boy gains a precious friend and a wonderful mentor. As credible and likely characters and incidents unfold fascinatingly, this book will prompt children to realize ways of honing their own strength and living with others. Also adding to the joy of reading this volume are illustrations that, through free-flowing expressive techniques, well depict the flexibility and rhythm of taekgyeon moves.
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Changbi Books, Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books_Children > Picture book
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A Dictionary of Nine-year-old’s Hearts
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It is not easy for youngsters to express their emotions accurately. As in the example that South Korean children have come to use the words “I’m peeved” often in recent years instead of other, diverse expressions such as “I’m in pain,” “I’m not pleased,” “I’m upset,” and “I feel I wasn’t treated fairly,” youngsters are likely to be incapable of articulating what they feel properly or to use simple expressions repeatedly. Inaccurate descriptions of emotions make communication with friends, parents, and teachers difficult and can lead to unnecessary misunderstanding or conflict as well. A book that lists 80 words expressing the state of the heart from “moved” to “glad” in an alphabetical order like a dictionary, A Dictionary of Nine-year-olds’ Hearts shows situations often faced by children in daily life and provides expressions of feelings suited to them. While empathizing with the circumstances presented through brief text and realistic illustrations, young readers will keenly feel a variety of emotions and learn expressions for them appropriate for the situation. In addition, they can learn the actual usage by reading the explanations, understanding the precise meanings, and learning diverse situations in which these expressions of emotions are used. Once they learn various expressions for emotions through A Dictionary of Nine-year-olds’ Hearts, young readers will be far better equipped to articulate their feelings and to communicate with others.
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Changbi Books, Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books_Children > Non-fiction
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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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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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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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Changbi Books > Children > Fiction > Age 10-13, Changbi Books, Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books > Children, Changbi Books > Children > Fiction, Changbi Books_Children > Fiction_Age 10-13
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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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Changbi Books, Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books > Children, Changbi Books > Children > Non-fiction, Changbi Books_Children > Non-fiction
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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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Changbi Books, Changbi Books_Children, Changbi Books > Children, Changbi Books > Children > Picture book, Changbi Books_Children > Picture book
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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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