- Overview
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The story of neighbors written with the seeds of small hopes.
- Book Intro
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Magpie-Singing Morning by writer Hwang Sunmi is born again as The Enchanted Room with a new set of illustrations. Like the writer's saying that the small hopes she shared with ordinary people became the seed of children's stories, the 8 stories feature in The Enchanted Room are about neighbors we can expect to encounter in daily life.
Spin, Yo-yo and On the Way to the Top of Mountain tell about the unconscious obsession with with what one really wants, and the hierarchy and isolation among friends. The 4th Luck, Granddad, It's Me, Birthday Tree and The Enchanted Room are stories about a family, such as a father losing a job, a sister who is ill, and adoption. Magpie-singing Morning and Guseula, Guseula! included in The Enchanted Room are stories we can easily sympathize with, feel sorry about and want to root for.
- About the Author
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Hwang Sunmi
Hwang Sunmi (F) is a writer beloved by many children due to her realistic and detailed psychological description and stories that comfort the heart. In 1997, she won the Tamna Literary Award in the children's story category by the Tamna Cultural Festival. Her most renowned title, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly was translated and published in English by Penguin Random House, and it became the top best seller in multiple countries in Europe, including UK, with over 1 million copies sold.
Ahn Kyoungmi
(Russian) Ан Кёнми закончила юридический факультет, затем работала консультантом по управлению, а после этого стала иллюстратором. Она закончила магистратуру по специальности «Искусство юллюстрации» в Кингстонском университете в Англии, и в 2015 году была выбрана иллюстратором года на Болонской ярмарке детской книги. Она нарисовала картинки к таким книгам как сборник сказок «Ребенок, жующий камень», сборник детских стихов «История о зеленом зайце», «Куда пропала моя буква v?» и т.д.
(English) Ahn Kyoungmi majored in Law at university and worked as a business consultant before becoming an illustrator. Ahn completed a master's degree in illustration at Kingston University, London, in the UK. She was selected as Illustrator of the Year in 2015 and 2018 at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Ahn wrote Three Little Pigs Over the Bookshelf and illustrated Real Marae, 99 Ways Not to Be Friends and A Kid who Eats Stones, I Met a Green Rabbit, and Searching for V.
