- Overview
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The school life of 600-year-old magician ByungGoo, who was cursed to become a nine-year-old elementary school student, unfolds like magic.
- Book Intro
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The second story about the school life of nine-year-old ByungGoo, who is actually 600 years old, that is much like the daily life of children!
This is a sequel to 600-Year-Old ByungGoo: Am I a Nine-year-old Kid Now. It tells the story of magician ByungGoo, who suddenly becomes nine years old, enters Baebong Elementary School after many twists and turns, and experiences school life like never before. Magician ByungGoo is bad-tempered but is shy, and his school life is joined in by 200-year-old puppy Boong-i, who is the magician's helper and whose hobby is to transform into a human, Jeong Hwe-won, the magician's teacher who switches between having girl-like emotions and having a hot temperament, the mischievous students in the magician's class, and the principal who is out to get them. The funny characters seem familiar to the readers and give a sense of vitality throughout the book to deliver a story that both adults and children can enjoy while laughing.
- About the Author
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Lee Seungmin
(English) Lee Seungmin was born in 1982, in Seoul. Lee used to hate writing in his younger age until he decided to write diaries when he became tired of watching TV while wearing a cast. Lee graduated from Korea University with a degree in Creative Writing and studied Children Literature at Hankyoreh Children Literature Writer's School. Books Lee has written include Byunggu is 600 years old, Space Expedition Four-footed March, The Day I Broken My Leg, I Am the Only One, Dancing with Minseo and The King of Runners.
(Vietnamese) Tác giả tốt nghiệp khoa sáng tác nghệ thuật đại học Korea, học chuyên ngành văn học thiếu nhi tại trường đào tạo tác giả văn học thiếu nhi Hankyore. Là tác giả của các tác phẩm “Ngày tớ bị gãy chân”, “Có mình tớ không làm được gì cả”, “Jinho khám phá vũ trụ bằng bốn chân” quyển 1,2,3, “Nhảy cùng Minseo”, “Vua chạy đua”, v.v.
Choi Miran
(English) Choi Miran studied Industrial Design at the University of Seoul and worked as a graphic designer. Being drawn to drawing, she went to study illustrations at graduate school and has been illustrating for children’s books. Whenever she finishes a picture book, she cleans her entire house. She works at home, and while she is working, she does not have time to clean. Choi loves the comforting feeling of laying in her bed after cleaning up her desk, her room, and her house which has been full of dust, dirt, and garbage.
Choi was the winner of the BolognaRagazzi Award in fiction. She writes and illustrates at her house that overlooks a children’s park. Choi has illustrated many children’s books including Is Somebody Here?, The Tiger That Was Taken by the Death Angel, Seokguram, the Stone House, How the Superhero Washes His Poo, Talking Horses, A Child Who Lived for Three Hundred Years, Gupbo Manbo, The Zoo of Letters, and writes the picture books of How to Take Care of My House and We Are the House Keepers!
(Chinese) 在首尔市立大学学习产业设计，毕业后成为一名图形设计师。对画画产生了兴趣，所以进入研究生院学习画插图，并从事童书绘制工作至今。每当结束一本画册，都会对家里进行大扫除。平时在家里画画和生活，但工作期间不能经常打扫卫生。非常喜欢彻底清扫满是灰尘、污垢、垃圾的房间、书桌之后，躺在床上的那种舒适感。曾获博洛尼亚国际儿童书展拉加齐奖虚构类优秀奖。在可以俯瞰儿童公园的家里写作和画画。已为《有人吗？》《被阴间使者抓走的老虎》《用石头盖的房子——石窟庵》《超级英雄的擦屎法》《马生活的国家》《三百的七日葬》《胆小鬼晚报》《文字动物园》等多本童书绘制插图，个人创作绘本有《家庭收纳整理法》和《我们是家庭守护者》。
