- Overview
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This book is about a boy who looks forward to visiting his grandmother during vacation.
- Book Intro
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Hello, John is a story about a boy who looks forward to visiting his grandmother during vacation. The contrast between the simple illustrations that look as if drawn by a child and the colored pencil drawings makes us see the story in two different ways. Until his grandmother appears wearing a traditional Vietnamese hat, we do not realize he is from a multicultural family. It is some time before we find out that his friend John is a dog at his grandmother's place in Vietnam. Isn't this an example of our prejudice?
- About the Author
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Jeong Rim
Jeong Rim is an illustrator who majored in Industrial Arts at the college. Books Jeong has written include The Four Captains and the Seven Privates, Where Are You, Foxy?, Cheonggyecheon River 5840, The Secret Note of the Geniuses, Clear the Way for General Poo, and The Living Portrait. Working as a current writer, Jeong is also taking a creative illustration class. Jeong received the Special Award from the Korean Visual Trend Contest.
