- Overview
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Infinite world of playing house
- Book Intro
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It will be the world of playing house if children who are taken care of by in the environment created by their parents want to take action based on his own will and imagination in the most independent way. Trying to manage my own house without any directions…… The world where I can invite guests and where we all can enjoy meal even if meals were made of things that we actually cannot eat. Therefore, the writer welcomes everyone by opening up all the possibilities in this world. This world is made by imagination but also exists in reality at the same time. Whether they are living creatures or non-living creatures, all things are given their own new characteristics. However, only children can be masters of this world. Adults as parents can be guests, but cannot be masters.
The writers, Hwang Sun Mi and Kim, Dong Sung, deeply look into how this small world can be built up and disappear where the center is children. And they also created a precious and beautiful growing story experienced by the master of this world.
The writer, Hwang, sets out the milestone named ‘life’ at the end of this mysterious and dreamy world. Yeon Ji has finally realized her real own world at the moment she feels the pain of being alive in the world where all things are alive and can speak, even if no one teaches her any lessons. She has finally realized about her own living world.
Among illustrations of playing house, the atmosphere of summer rain, and its beauty and cruelty, the illustrator, Kim, has described the scenery of passing time. The yellow summer rain and the green nature are all over in this book, and it makes readers feel the natural time. Here, a baby mouse and a doll are asleep together and the playing house game begins in the thick summer bushes. The rainbow Yeon-Ji has missed lies behind a big leave, in the evening sunset, in her room while she is waiting for the rain to stop, and in her items of playing house game. Readers can be more intrigued by this book when they look for sweet and friendly eyes of illustrators in this picture book.
- About the Author
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Hwang Sunmi
(English) Hwang Sun-mi was born in Hongseong in South Chungcheong Province and studied creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts as well as the Graduate School of Chung-Ang University. She is known for writing children's stories marked by a profound critical awareness and meticulous psychological descriptions which are characterized by a concise yet evocative writing style. She was nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2012 and named "Author of the Day" at the London International Book Fair in 2014. She also received the Korean Culture and Arts Award in 2017 and a Service Merit Medal from the Korean government in 2023. Some of her most notable books include The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, The Foolish Letter, A Silver Net Into the Sea, A Magical Gift, Eunseo, Don't Be Afraid!, Blue Eyes Inside a Truck, Necklace Key, The Shining Shadow, and The Bad Boy Stickers. She plans to keep writing works that help show the beauty of walking one’s own path in life.
Kim Dongsung
Kim Dongsung (M) majored in Oriental Painting at Hongik University. His representative picture book, Waiting for Mom, received the Korea Baeksang Publishing Culture Award by the Hankook Ilbo. His other books include Thinking of Oppa, Flower-Print Shoes, Wild Flower Child and Echo.
