- Overview
-
This is the sad story of a kitten who lost his loving family and house to a sinkhole.
- Book Intro
-
A Sinkhole Swallowed Our House! is an environmental picture book depicting the dangers of sinkholes created by city sprawl. There is a kitten (called "Eolluki," meaning spotty in Korean) who still looks like a baby. He lives alone on the streets. Not so long ago, he used to have a home and family. He used to live in an old house thrown away by people with his mom and younger siblings that he played with so well. But now, he is weary, living on the memories of those happy days. Before the incident happened, it was noisy because of construction projects tearing down empty houses and digging holes n the ground throughout the neighborhood. But Eolluki's house was still safe. So he was stubborn and didn't listen to his mother when she said they should leave.
Would they be alright if he listened to his mother? On one warm sunny day, a disaster happened to Eolluki's house. A huge sinkhole swallowed it up. Eolluki had a near escape but he lost his family. No matter how long he waited, his mom and siblings never came out of the hole. Consequently, Eolluki was left all alone, with a hole in his heart that cannot be filled.
- About the Author
-
Kim Soohee
Kim Soohee (F) studied Korean Literature and Language and worked at a publishing agency for a long time. She is very curious, but she's scared as much as she is curious. So, there were many times when she had to soothe herself while looking up pictures of huge sinkholes. She likes to read fun and touching stories, and dreams of writing enjoyable books that can be remembered for a long time. Books she has written include The Dust of Death is Falling; A Lone Man in a Radioactive Town; and Run, Beep!
Lee Kyung-kook
(Vietnamese) Tác giả minh họa Lee Kyung-kook được lựa chọn là họa sĩ tranh minh họa của năm tại hội sách thiếu nhi quốc tế Italia Bologna năm 2008. Hiện nay tác giả đang dạy vẽ truyện tranh tại trường học truyện tranh Hankyoreh. Một số tác phẩm tiêu biểu của tác giả như “Bí mật của ngôi làng đậu tương”, “Sam ngốc nghếch”, “Nhà vô dịch cá cơm”, “Làm tốt lắm”, “Sống như một tác giả truyện tranh bình thường”, “Cửa hàng tiện lợi người ngoài hành tinh”.
(English) Lee Kyung-kook (M) majored in Furniture Design at Hongik University and studied Graphic Design at the graduate school of the same university. He teaches students who love picture books at Hankyoreh Picture Book Academy while working as a children's book writer. He received the New Writer Award at the Korea Publishing Illustration Association (KPIA) in 1994, and was selected as Illustrator of the Year at the 2008 Bologna Children's Book Fair. To date, Lee has illustrated The Wriggling Book; The Goblin Wriggles; and The Hidden Power, Media.
- Selection
-
Ministry of Cultures, Sports and Tourism, 2015, Sejong Books for Sharing Literature
Happy Reading in the Morning, Recommended book
