- Overview
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This picture book tells a story about family love, interactions with neighbors, and sudden parting and longing.
- Book Intro
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(English) Welcome to the Great Wall
“My family runs a Chinese restaurant. My dad cooks and my mom delivers. While I’m in kindergarten, my grandmother learns Korean. Our menu is different from typical Chinese restaurants because my dad changed the order according to my grandmother’s tastes. One day, my dad changed the restaurant’s menu and sign. Now we are waiting for long-cherished guests.”
When someone who we believed would always be there leaves, we miss them even more. We feel a deep sense of emptiness when we can’t see their face or hear their voice again. Now, the remaining family members and neighbors decide to consider their longing as a new precious memory and an opportunity for a new start.
Lee Jung-Rok's friendly and sweet writing and Kim Yu-Kyung's warm and delicate illustration make the story even more palatable for readers. Now the Great Wall restaurant is waiting for you. The door to the Great Wall is wide open today. Welcome to the Great Wall! Are you ready for a bowl of delicious food?
- About the Author
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Lee Jeongrok
(English) Born in Hongseong, South Chuncheong Province in 1964, Lee Jeongrok debuted through the Daejeon Daily new writers’ competition in 1989 and later as a poet through Donga Daily in 1993. He is the winner of the Park Jae-sam Literary Award, the Yun Dongju Literary Award, the Kim Dal-jin Literary Award, and the Kim Su-young Literary Award. His works include children’s books TREE ORPHANAGE, OX WIND, SNAIL SCHOOL, POOP SHIELD, children’s poetry collections THE TASTE OF EARTH, I GREW A LOT, and ONLY MY NOSTRILS ARE BUSY, youth poetry collections TO THE ME WHO ISN’T HERE YET and WHATEVER, poetry collections CHILDREN’S LANGUAGE DICTIONARY, LIST OF THE APPLES OF MY EYE, FATHER SCHOOL, MOTHER SCHOOL, REALLY, CHAIR, and prose collections WHEN I CAN’T WRITE POEMS I TAKE THE BUS and THE POET’S DRAWER.
Kim Yukyung
(English) Born and raised in Seoul, Kim Yu-Kyung always dreams of being a warm-hearted, diligent illustrator and writer. She has written books including Mr. Greedy Strawberry, Grandma Ting-a-ling—Where are you going?, and Hotteok Pancakes, and also illustrated the book, A Book Report for Homework. She was nominated for the Illustrator of the Year for the 2020 Bologna International Children’s Book Fair.
- Recommendation
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This book was recommended by The Morning Reading in 2022.
This book was recommended by The Gyeonggido School Librarians Association for the second half of 2021.
This book was recommended by Children’s Library under The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education for the National Family Month, May in 2021.
- Selection
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This book was recommended by The Korean Children Publishing Committee for the National Family Month, May in 2021.
