- Overview
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This book is a fun and pleasant lesson on the importance of using kind or bad words wisely, as best suits the situation.
- Book Intro
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If you are the parent of a child who is just starting to learn to speak, you will want your child to say pretty and nice words. So there are many books that teach "pretty words" and "nice words" for children at that age. But should "bad words," with negative or not-so-good meaning, never be spoken? Of course, it's not good to grumble or become cross without properly considering the situation. But as a child goes through life, there will be moments when "bad words" are necessary in order to reject burdensome things or get out of unfair situations. A child needs to have the courage to use "bad words" as a means of protection.
This kind of moment also comes up in the "Horse World," where good and bad horses live together. A trio of bad horses speak only bad words all day long until the good horses cannot stand it any longer and start avoiding and hiding from them. So the bad-mouthed trio leave the Horse World. But a long time later, they reappear to save the good horses, who are being bullied by the Cloud King. Afterwards, the good horses learn how to speak bad words and the bad horses learn how to say good words, and they live together. This book tells readers that it is important to use good and bad words wisely, as best fits the situation, through an amusing story.
- About the Author
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Yoon Yeo-rim
(English) Yoon Yeorim says that she still feels vividly the same delight that she felt when she first wrote the manuscript for The Horse World. She thought about this delight during the candlelight protest in Korea. She hopes we all can live with dignity by using our words wisely.
Books written by Yoon so far include We Always Meet Again, Fun Soaring Words, Courage Soaring Words, Happiness Soaring Words and You are Lovable, too.
(French) Après avoir étudié la pédologie à l’Université Yonsei, Yoon Yeo-Rim a travaillé en tant que rédactrice à une maison d’édition. Elle a écrit : « Enfant d’aiguille », « Monde des chevaux ».
(Japanese) 文: 世界中が欲望と憎悪で溢れているのではないかと怖くなる時があります。そのたびに「柔らかい石」惑星人のように、愛情と思いやりで一丸となった地球人が私の目の前に現れます。彼らのおかげで、世界はまだ生きる価値のある場所だと希望を抱くことができます。そして、私もそんな地球人になろうと努力しています。「箱の世界（Boxworld）」など多くの子供向けの作品を作りました。
Choi Miran
(English) Choi Miran studied Industrial Design at the University of Seoul and worked as a graphic designer. Being drawn to drawing, she went to study illustrations at graduate school and has been illustrating for children’s books. Whenever she finishes a picture book, she cleans her entire house. She works at home, and while she is working, she does not have time to clean. Choi loves the comforting feeling of laying in her bed after cleaning up her desk, her room, and her house which has been full of dust, dirt, and garbage.
Choi was the winner of the BolognaRagazzi Award in fiction. She writes and illustrates at her house that overlooks a children’s park. Choi has illustrated many children’s books including Is Somebody Here?, The Tiger That Was Taken by the Death Angel, Seokguram, the Stone House, How the Superhero Washes His Poo, Talking Horses, A Child Who Lived for Three Hundred Years, Gupbo Manbo, The Zoo of Letters, and writes the picture books of How to Take Care of My House and We Are the House Keepers!
(Chinese) 在首尔市立大学学习产业设计，毕业后成为一名图形设计师。对画画产生了兴趣，所以进入研究生院学习画插图，并从事童书绘制工作至今。每当结束一本画册，都会对家里进行大扫除。平时在家里画画和生活，但工作期间不能经常打扫卫生。非常喜欢彻底清扫满是灰尘、污垢、垃圾的房间、书桌之后，躺在床上的那种舒适感。曾获博洛尼亚国际儿童书展拉加齐奖虚构类优秀奖。在可以俯瞰儿童公园的家里写作和画画。已为《有人吗？》《被阴间使者抓走的老虎》《用石头盖的房子——石窟庵》《超级英雄的擦屎法》《马生活的国家》《三百的七日葬》《胆小鬼晚报》《文字动物园》等多本童书绘制插图，个人创作绘本有《家庭收纳整理法》和《我们是家庭守护者》。
