- Overview
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This is an environmental picture book portraying the dangers of fine dust.
- Book Intro
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The Dust of Death is Falling is based on the true story of a 18 year-old Chinese girl who developed lung cancer because of fine dust. It is an environmental picture book depicting the dangers of fine dust. This shocking story tells children that fine dust is an environmental disaster, practically a catastrophe.
The speaker "me" and Mayling are best friends in the same class at the same school. We are 8 years old and live at Jiāngsū Shěng in China. But one day, Mayling, who was healthy, fell down because of an illness. Her lungs were filled with fine dust. The polluted air where we lived made Mayling sick. The hospital said that Mayling had lung cancer. Mayling can't even breathe comfortably any more, let alone run around and play with me. I drew a picture for Mayling. I drew a clear blue sky, which we can't see where we live, and a healthy me and Mayling. I hoped she would get better after looking at my picture. But she didn't get the chance because she passed away before I could give her the present. And now, I am sick too. Because I breathed the same air as Mayling. But I don't want to die. I want to grow up healthy and become an adult. I desperately pray that that day will come. Can my wish of growing up healthy and turning 10 and 20 years old come true?
- About the Author
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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
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Ministry of Environment, 2018, Excellent Environmental Book
