- Overview
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This is a collection of children's stories that describes many problems in our lives from the perspective of children.
- Book Intro
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In this book, readers can meet many kids. There is one kid who is known as a troublemaker due to often getting into fights with bullies, one who makes up his own story and writes an essay about this non-existent book because he does not own a single book to read, and one who suffers from the prejudice that teachers have toward divorced parents. All of these kids are vulnerable children that really do exist in school and society. However, these kids are not filled with complaints nor destructive behaviour; rather, they try to understand and embrace the faults of adults who cannot understand them, which makes the adults feel ashamed. This story will bring a lot of thought to adults who feel that children should grow up without knowing the dark and gloomy parts of the world. This book tells readers that children are sharper and more thoughtful than adults think, and we cannot hide the dark and gloomy parts of our society from children. Those parts are seen and captured through the pure and innocent eyes of children in this story.
- About the Author
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Park Ki-beom
Park Ki-beom was born in 1973 and majored in Korean language and literature at Soongsil University. Park is a current member of the literary circle Writings and Paintings and Bakkitong Wishing for Peace in Iraq. Park visited Iraq as a member of the Iraq Anti-War Peace Team in 2003, opposing the Iraq invasion of the United States, and is currently displaying activities opposing the dispatch of Korean troops. Park Ki-beom has written various works including picture books such as Troublemaker, The Baby Dog, and The Mommy Dog, a book based on his experiences of Iraq War called Children and Peace, and a biography of field artist Choi Byungsoo called Byungsoo Is a Clown (Co-authorship.)
- Award
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The 3rd Changbi Good Children’s Book Awards, The Grand Prize
