- Overview
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This book explores a true meaning of happiness through the story of Ga-ram who stay strong even with her exceptional background.
- Book Intro
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Happy Island delivers a meaning of happiness throughout several stories. In this book, we see a kind dad who works as a delivery man while taking care of his elderly mother and young son, a mom who wants to stay strong in front of her son even though she is nearing her end, a child who brings two dollars to buy some noodles, a man who gives away his noodles for free without a word, and a grandmother who has hidden her illness for fear of burdening her son. Although life treats them unkindly, these people do not cry and stay strong in the face of adversity. Through these stories, this book delivers a message of hope.
- About the Author
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Kwon Tao
(Vietnamese) Tác giả Kwon Tao bắt đầu hoạt động và đạt giải thưởng giành cho tác phẩm văn học báo chí quốc tế năm 2010 với tác phẩm “Con thuyền giấy”. Tác phẩm “Người Hàn Quốc da đen” giành giải thưởng trong cuộc thi sách sáng truyện tranh đa văn hóa WISH năm 2011, giải thưởng dành cho tác giả mới SoCheon, giải thưởng Andersen Hàn Quốc. Một số tác phẩm khác của tác giả như “Thầy giáo ngược đời”, “Ngôi trường bí mật của Cheo yong”, “Thầy giáo và sấm chớp”.
(English) Kwon Tao started his literary career after winning in the Fairy Tale category at the annual spring literary contest hosted by the Kookje Daily News in 2010. Kwon was also awarded at the WISH Multicultural Long Story Contest in 2011. Kwon won the new writer’s prize at the Socheon Literary Award and won the grand prize for fairy tales at the Korean Award for Hans Christian Andersen. Books written by Kwon Tao include The Chinese Table Ghost, My Backward Teacher, Cheoyong’s Secret School, The Dreaming Hunting Scene, The Elementary School with All Perfect Scores, The Digital Boy, and The Heaven of Six Strings.
Jang Keonghae
Jang Keonghae was born in 1976 in Seoul and graduated from Sungshin Women's University with a degree in Korean Language and Literature. Jang studied illustration at Hangyeore Illustration School (HILLS) and won the Seoul Fairy Tale Illustration Award. Books illustrated by Jang Keonghae include The Candy Wet with Spit, Have You Ever Seen the Man?, The Curse Test, The Place to Sit, The Beautiful Tailender, Ttongmani, and Oops, My Life Line Gets Shorter.
