- Overview
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Giving new life to an old car: an old car is repurposed and reused over the course of many years.
- Book Intro
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There are many ways to protect the environment, the easiest being reusing and recycling old things. This book tells the story of a decades-old car named Vroom as he takes on one role after another and explains the value of recycling to young readers.
At first, Vroom is just one of hundreds, even thousands of small blue cars that all look the same. But to Mr. Spectacles, Vroom is very special. That's because Vroom is his very first car. Mr. Spectacles even lets his son give Vroom a name. But as time passes, Vroom becomes too old and small for the family. He says goodbye to Mr. Spectacles and meets new drivers in new cities. He even gets to work as a taxi, until one day, he is the oldest car on the road. Now a rusted old car, Vroom is sold and sent all the way to Egypt. Sometimes he misses home and Mr. Spectacles' family, but he knows it won't be easy to go back. That is, until he finds out that he'll go back to Korea, this time to star in a movie! Vroom sets off again, looking forward to his next adventure.
- About the Author
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Kim Soohee
As I always say, 'Older is better,' and that goes for both people and objects. I live and grow old in an old house. I've written other books like My House was Swallowed by Sinkholes and The Awful Rain of Dust.
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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Designated a "2018 Love the Environment Book" by South Korea's Ministry of Environment
