- Overview
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This book is the brainchild of exploring and understanding the children’s world through the perspective of the author’s son.
- Book Intro
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As children’s curiosity for themselves expands to the world around them, we can encounter the question that they asked the most: Why? This word is full of their curiosity and desire to explore. However, it can be a mischievous question from a child who always wants to hear their parent’s answers. However, most of the parents choose to deal with what they have to do first rather than trying to understand the wishes of a child who wants to communicate with the world and their parents. Parents show that they reach their limits by using some words such as “so,” “now,” “already,” “this time,” and “enough” when their children throw a tantrum to get a toy or eat ice cream even though they have a runny nose. But children ask their parents without caring what they feel: Why?
The title of this book, Why? x 100 represents the feelings of children who try to train themselves by asking “why” to accept this world. “why” is an expression of discovery, communication and their ego in a children’s world with limitless possibilities.
- About the Author
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Kang Gyeongsu
(English) Kang loves to doodle, daydream and goof around with his son, Parang. Kang began drawing as he drew comics and is now an author loved for all his work. The Codename series is a realization of Kang’s long imagined dream. Kang has illustrated for many story books and some of his own books include The unbelievable story, I’ll give you a flower, The snowstorm, The big fart, My Mom, Why x 100, etc. Kang received the Ragazzi award in the nonfiction category at the 2011 Bologna Children’s Book Fair for his work The unbelievable story.
(French) Elle aime gribouiller et rêvasser. Les livres qu'elle a écrits et dessinés étaient « Une histoire comme un mensonge » et « Je suis en colère ! ». Et d'autres comme Gros pet, ma mère, Pourquoi x100 et les séries Codename. Il a remporté le Ragazzi Award for Non-Fiction à la Foire internationale du livre pour enfants de Bologne 2011 pour "Une histoire comme un mensonge".
(Vietnamese) Thích việc vẽ tranh tường và những điều không tưởng, và thích chơi đùa với con trai mình, Ppa-rang. Bắt đầu từ việc vẽ tranh và vẽ truyện tranh, bây giờ đã trở thành một nhà văn được độc giả yêu mến với mỗi tác phẩm được cho ra mắt. Thời gian qua đã vẽ tranh cho nhiều truyện cổ tích thiếu nhi như bộ truyện "Code name", "câu chuyện như một lời nói dối", "Tiếng đánh rắm khổng lồ". Tác phẩm "câu chuyện như một lời nói dối" đã nhận giải xuất sắc Giải thưởng Lagazi cho hạng mục tiểu thuyết hư cấu tại Triển lãm sách Bologna năm 2011.
(Russian) Автор предпочитает работать в стиле каракулей и фэнтэзи, любит играть со своим сыном. Работая над комиксами, постепенно перешел к иллюстрированию детских книг. Сейчас каждая книга - это настоящее художественное произведение. Среди его книг серия "Кодовое имя", "История, непохожая на правду", "Я в гневе!", "Большой пук", "Моя мама", "Почему Х 100" и др. В 2011 г. - "История, непохожая на правду" получила главный премия в номинации нон-фикшн на Болонской книжной ярмарке.
- Recommendation
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National Library for Children & Young Adults, Recommended book by librarians
OpenKid, Recommended Book
