- Overview
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This book is a folding screen picture book that contains the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, and the 12 good luck symbols found in the folk painting genre, Chaekgado, or Scholar’s Accoutrements.
- Book Intro
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This book is a folding screen picture book that contains 12 animals from the Chinese zodiac found in Chaekgado, or a Scholar’s Accoutrements, which is a genre of folk painting. On the front pages are folding-screen-like images of Chaekgado, and on the back pages are the stories of 12 animals. The author reinvents the Chaekgado genre of traditional Korean folk painting in her unique style. Open this Chaekgado, which gives 12 good luck wishes, and meet the drawings and stories of Korean traditional culture. This book gives blessings for children and conveys the value and meaning of Chaekgado folk painting. The author wants this book to bring children good luck and help young readers grow up well.
- About the Author
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Kim Jiyoon
Kim Ji-Yoon majored in painting and published children’s books at a publishing company for many years. Currently, Kim is absorbed in the mysterious beauty of the traditional folk painting. She draws folk paintings and teaches children, dreaming dreams like the twinkling in a child’s eyes.
Kim has illustrated When I Draw a Painting; Everything Looks Different!; Corea, a Country of Ordinary People; and Open Korean History: 4. Joseon.
- Recommendation
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Recommended for children (literature) by Happy Morning Reading in 2021.
