- Overview
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This is a story about a girl who grows up with children’s stories written by Astrid Lindgren.
- Book Intro
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This is the story of a girl’s mental growth in which she learns about a book called Pippi Longstocking and its author Astrid Lindgren after hearing her mother sing a song called “Pippi Longstocking” during karaoke. The protagonist, Bee-eup, looks for and reads each of Lindgren’s books and enjoys reading them. However, lacking money, she visits a used bookstore and meets the owner of the store, Miss Thatsright. She is the one who buys and collects all the books in Korea written by Lindgren. Miss Thatsright not only talks about Lindgren’s works, but also listens to the teenage Bee-eup about the conflict between her and her mother as well as insignificant fights with schoolmates, and she soon becomes a good friend and peer. Dear Mrs. Astrid Lindgren is a story about a girl named Bee-eup who psychologically grows up in the suburbs of a large city with her mother. This unique piece of work combines the world of the renowned fairytale author Astrid Lindgren with the everyday life of a Korean child.
Dear Mrs. Astrid Lindgren is about a ten-year-old girl who immerses herself in the story of Pippi Longstocking and feels a deep attachment to the author, Astrid Lindgren. The name Bee-eup was created after an experience her father had: before entering elementary school, her father knew only the first five consonants of the Korean alphabet, and when he learned about the sixth consonant (called "Bee-eup"), he felt that a new world had opened.
- About the Author
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Yoo Eunsil
(English) When she was a kid, her mother worried about her for not reading at all. Then, at some point, she has become a poem-loving teenager, a book-aficionado adult, and even a writer. Her previous book, The Bunting Boy won her "Korean Children's Book Award". Meoljjeonghan Lee Yujeong (Lee Yujeong, the Perfect) was nominated in the "2010 Honour List of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)". The Last Event describes death and a funeral, rare subjects for a children's book, in a heart-touching and humorous way, being recognized as one of the most outstanding children literatures in Korea. It was published in France. Her other books include Birth of Il-soo; My Hair Smells Like Sunshine; Dear Mrs. Astrid Lindgren; Grandma Margot Came to My House; I Wanna Be a Picky Eater Too; Ms. Mi-ja in My Town and more children's books, and Suburbs for adolescents. She also wrote for illustrated books such as Sim Cheong, and stories of historical men such as Yoo Gwan-soon and Jane Goodall.
(Japanese) 1974年ソウル生まれ。九九は小学校3年生の時、右手、左手は5年生の時、左向き、右向きは高校生の時に覚えた。本をあまり読まない幼少期を過ごしたので、子どもたちが「本をたくさん読まないと作家になれないよ」とうるさく言われるのを見ると、とても申し訳なく思う。『私のリンドグレン先生』、『我が家に来た仙女』、『万国旗少年』を出版し、『万国旗少年』で第28回韓国児童図書賞を受賞。
Kwon Sau
Born in Taebak in Gangwon province in 1967, Kwon Sau graduated from Hongik University with a degree in Painting. Books with illustrations done by Kwon Sau include picture books such as Bad Children Sticker, Whose Pee Goes Further, Suil and Suil, and My Sister Ahyoung and the traditional picture book A Woman Who Doesn’t Eat. Kwon dreams of publishing a picture book with his own unique world.
