- Overview
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This children’s story lets readers get the experience of switching the roles between reader and author and observing that the process of writing itself turns into the narrative.
- Book Intro
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“You are a genuine author only when you listen to the singing of a woodpecker as if it is the sound of the wind blowing through a pine tree.”
Six stories that brush past and are connected to each other and form a complete, round collection.
This is a collection of short stories written by Ju Mikyung, who surprised everybody by winning the Munhakdongne Children’s Poem Literary Award in 2015 and the Munhakdongne Children’s Literary Award in 2016. The characters and events are perfected by the author in a beautiful tone, drawn in pictures and sung as a song, with the flavor blended by poetry and prose. The rolling rhythm in the mouth when you read it out loud and the sentences that capture the subtle and complicated feelings are sure to satisfy readers. The stories loosely share the characters and space and are stealthily connected, offering renewed fun.
- About the Author
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Ju Mikyung
Joo Mikyung graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Sogang University. She published her children’s poetry and fiction in Children and Literature, and won the Spring Literary Contest hosted by The Busan Ilbo with her poems for children. She won the 3rd Munhakdongne Children’s Poetry Award (Grand Prize), the 18th Munhakdongne Children Literature Award (Grand Prize), and the 15th Ma Haesong Literary Prize with her works I’m a Rice Weevil, Wow’s First Book, and Magic Ttakji.
Kim Gyutaek
(English) Kim Gyutaek wrote and illustrated Once Upon a Time and The Largest Cauldron, and illustrated The Flame on November 13th: the Dream of Jeon Taeil, You've Connected to a Strange Future, Recycling: A Way of Using Trash Again, A Clumsy Prescription, Wow's First Book, Dragon Ant, Ant Dragon, A Dog Eating Ramen, and A Tale of Ongojib. Kim also works as a cartoonist under the pen name of Chorokbaem.
(Japanese) 絵: 少し離れた場所に平行に引かれたふたつの線は、いくら伸びてもお互いに会うことはありません。しかし、同じ場所で出会えなくとも、ひとつになれなくとも…ふたつの線は長い間一緒に並んでいられるということを忘れないでください。2012年のデビュー後、複数の子供向けの本の絵を描き、「ミドリヘビ」というペンネームで漫画も描いています。
(Russian) Среди книг, которые автор написал и иллюстрировал самостоятельно такие, как "Давным-давно", "Самый большой в мире котел". Среди иллюстрированных автором книг следующие: "Первая книжка лягушонка Вау", "Собака, которая ест лапшу рамён", "Сказание про упрямца", "И школьная собака за три года...", "Прачечная, в которой гладят мечты", "Муравей-динозавр и динозвр-муравей", "Неправильный рецепт", "Как использовать утилизированный мусор" и др.
