- Overview
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This book is a collection of seven stories that use bold imagination, such as a four-cornered piggy that looks like a pink refrigerator and a lion that comes through the front door to deliver serious messages.
- Book Intro
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The first book by author Kim Taeho, Wait!, was well received by critics, who also commented "We are lucky to have such a beautiful story". This book contains many unique and well-crafted stories, including Wait!. The author uses bold imagination to describe the problematic situations in each of the seven stories. The Four-Cornered Piggy, which is introduced on the book cover, is a story about pigs in four-cornered cages and a plump pig who reads books about ways to get to Heaven. How to Recycle Cats is a story about a cat that is captured in a recycling clothing bin. One Day, a Tiger Came to the House is a parody of an old Korean folktale called The Brother and Sister Who Became the Sun and the Moon. This story is about a woman who bets her life with a tiger that comes to her front door. The author realistically showcases how an animal responses to unfamiliar spaces and situations as well as how this surreal situation occurs. By doing so, the author makes readers feel like the stories in this book may really happen in real life. The question "What would you do?" that encompasses the whole story leaves each with an air of sharpness and seriousness.
- About the Author
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Kim Taeho
(English) Kim Taeho was born in 1972 in Daecheon, South Chungcheong Province, Korea. After majoring in Western Painting at Hongik University, Kim studied picture books at HILLS. Kim started his career as a writer with his children's story Wait!, winning the 5th Changbi Children New Writer's Literary Award. Kim Taeho wrote and illustrated a picture book, Dad Playground and authored Finding Pitak. Kim received the 2016 Munhakdongne Children's Literary Award Grand Prize with a children's story collection Jeahoo's Choice and the 2017 Yeollin Children's Literary Award with the children's story The Giant Knocking Mountains.
(Russian) Выиграл премию Changbi Children”s New Human Literature Award за короткий рассказ “Подожди!” и получил 17-ю премию “Литературный район” за “Выбор императора”. Среди его книг: “Квадратная свинья”, “Выбор императора”, “Спецотряд светофоров”, “Парижская невеста” и книжки с картирнками “Папина детская площадка”, “Найди крюк”, “Школа ягодиц”. Читателям нравится новый взгляд автора на написание рассказов.
Sohn Ryung-sook
Sohn Ryung-sook studied painting and arts education at college. Books with illustrations done by Sohn include The Case of Seonyung and Inchul, Around the World with Books and Friends, and The Black Cape in Wonderland.
