- Overview
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A collection of ten short children’s stories that will invite readers to think
- Book Intro
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The 1,000 Won Family is a collection of ten short children’s stories by Myeong Eunsuk, a recipient of the Golden Pen Children’s Literature award. The stories shed light on social issues and happenings seen through the eyes of children, and suggest what we can do to together.
Myeong’s insight and precise writing style create ten stories that offer endless sympathy and consolation while also allowing readers to reflect and bringing forth growth. The collection of stories lends a critical view of society’s problems but at the same time holds a warm gaze, and together with the intricate illustrations of Han will surely touch the heart of its readers.
- About the Author
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Han Arum
(English)Han Areum majored in visual design in college and studied picture books in Ggokdu Illustration School. Han liked the curiosity and imagination of the boy in Crossing the Underpass, which made special the seemingly ordinary field trip and a common place such as an underpass, and she enjoyed illustrating for the book. Han wishes to express children's precious first experiences of feelings through a variety of imagination. She has illustrated for the book, A Weird Train.
Myeong Eunsuk
Myeong began writing children’s stories in “Writers and the Story Tellers,” a creative writing group, and debuted with The Wolf Is Here! which won the 2019 Shinchun-Munye contest of the Maeil Newspaper. She won the Golden Pen Children’s Literature award in the same year.
