- Overview
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This is a story about breaking free from the pressure and obsession to be the same as others and learning to respect individuality and diversity.
- Book Intro
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At Butt School, they are having a farting class in which the teacher goes “toot!” and teaches children to do the same. Everyone in the class except Todung is able to fart the same sound. Only Todung goes “ding-dong!” The sound surprises his classmates, while the teacher becomes upset. However, unlike other days, the teacher also makes a different sound when farting. The class is filled with laughter and everyone starts to make their own fart sound. Everyone is having fun.
The story tells us that it is more important to stay true to your own colors and find harmony with others rather than try to be the same as other people. It gives children the message that listening to others and accepting their differences can make the world more harmonious.
- About the Author
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Kim Taeho
(English) Kim Taeho was born in 1972 in Daecheon, South Chungcheong Province, Korea. After majoring in Western Painting at Hongik University, Kim studied picture books at HILLS. Kim started his career as a writer with his children's story Wait!, winning the 5th Changbi Children New Writer's Literary Award. Kim Taeho wrote and illustrated a picture book, Dad Playground and authored Finding Pitak. Kim received the 2016 Munhakdongne Children's Literary Award Grand Prize with a children's story collection Jeahoo's Choice and the 2017 Yeollin Children's Literary Award with the children's story The Giant Knocking Mountains.
(Russian) Выиграл премию Changbi Children”s New Human Literature Award за короткий рассказ “Подожди!” и получил 17-ю премию “Литературный район” за “Выбор императора”. Среди его книг: “Квадратная свинья”, “Выбор императора”, “Спецотряд светофоров”, “Парижская невеста” и книжки с картирнками “Папина детская площадка”, “Найди крюк”, “Школа ягодиц”. Читателям нравится новый взгляд автора на написание рассказов.
- Recommendation
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Hanwoori Open Education, 2019, Recommended book
- Selection
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Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea, 2018, SME Publisher Publication Creation Support
