- Overview
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This book is about a story that was inspired by an old Korean folktale talking about the heartwarming friendship between an old bath fairy and an ordinary girl. The story takes place in an old public bath.
- Book Intro
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There is a very very old public bath in the town where Duckji lived. She wanted to go to a brand new spa, but her mom was determined to go to the old public bath, which was called Jangsutang. However, that doesn't mean she doesn't like the old public bath; she can play in the pool with cool water as much as she wants. As she is enjoying the water, a strange old woman appears behind her. The old woman tells Duckji that she is a bath fairy who lost her flying clothes and tells her how to play inside the cool water bath. When Duckji is almost done playing in the water, she decides to give yogurt to the old bath fairy as a gift. If Duckji doesn't cry while her mom scrubs her skin, then her mom will buy her that yogurt. Once that happens, she will be able to give the sweet and cool yogurt to the old fairy so she can taste it. Duckji goes into the hot bath and waits to be scrubbed. Finally, she gets the yogurt from her mom and gives the only yogurt she got to the old fairy lady. As she watches the old lady enjoying the yogurt, she feels like she can deal with her own thirst. Now, Jangsutang is not just an old place in her town; it means something far greater than that. The reason for this is the old fairy lady there who understood Duckji.
Duckji came back home with a smile and told her they would meet next time. However, in the afternoon, Duckji gets sick. she has a runny nose and a headache. Was it because she spent too much time in the bath with cold water? She gets a cold and is confined to her bed. In the middle of the night, when her mom has fallen asleep while changing wet towels for Duckji, the old bath fairy lady comes to Duckji, who had a high fever. The old fairy lady comes through a bowl filled with cold water over Duckji's head. The fairy comes to her and puts her cold hand on Duckji's boiling forehead. She whispers Duckji, thank you for the yogurt. Get better soon. Soon after, Duckji's high fever goes away. The next morning, Duckji is all better and feels like she never even had a cold last night. She stretches herself and yells toward the Jangsutang, Bath fairy--thank you!
- About the Author
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Baek Heena
(English) Baek Heena majored in Educational Technology at Ewha Womans University and studied animation at Cal Arts. Based on various experiences in the field of animation production, Baek writes picture books distinguished by their unique characters and attractive storytelling. For one of her books, Cloud Bread, Baek Heena was named “Writer of the Year” in the Fiction category at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2005. The Bath Fairy won the Korean Publishing Culture Award and the Changwon Children Literature Award in 2012 and 2013 respectively. Also, Magic Candies was listed on the IBBY Honour List in 2017. The books written and illustrated by Baek also include The Strange Visitor, Strange Mom, and Moon Sherbet. Magic Candies was nominated in IBBY Honour List of International Board on Books for Young People and awarded 'The 11th MOE Picture Book Store Grand Prize' with 'あめだま, Japanese name of Magic Candies' in 2018. She was awarded the Excellence Prize in Translation Picture book section in School Libraries Association of Japan in 2019. And was given the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award which is considered the Nobel Prize of Children books, presenting her name to the world.
(French) Elle est née en 1971 à Séoul, a étudié les sciences d'éducation à l'université des femmes d'Ihwa et l'animation à l'école d'art California. Elle a commencé à se faire un nom lorsqu'elle a été nommée "écrivain de l'année pour la fiction" pour son livre "Pain de ciel" à l'exposition d'enfant internationale de Bologne en 2005. Aussi, elle a gagné le cinquième trois prix de culture d'édition coréen avec son livre "Madame Fée d'un bain de longue vie". En 2020, elle a redoré le livre illustré coréen comme elle a gagné un prix de souvenir respectueux d'Astrid Lindgren qui est nommé le prix Nobel de livre d'enfant. Voici ses livres : "Yeoni et Willow Bachelor", "Je suis un chien", "Bonbon", "Sorbet de Lune"
- Award
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Hankook Ilbo, The 53rd Korea Publishing Culture Awards, 2012, Prize for children and adolescents
Changwon City, 2013, The 3rd Changwon Children’s Literary Award
- Recommendation
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Good children’s book selected by staff of Japanese bookstores, 2016, No. 19
- Selection
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Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 2013, Excellent Book for Liberal Arts
Seoul Library, 2013, Book for the "One Book, One Library" campaign
- Bestseller Rank
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Kyobo, Yes24, Aladdin, Interpark, No. 1 for preschoolers