- Overview
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This book depicts how a baby otter, whose mother got hit by a car, grows and is cared for by a protection agency for one year. It conveys the need for environmental conservation and protection through the story of otters.
- Book Intro
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She was just one of many otters when she first came into the protection center. But she was given a name "Cho Rong" and began to build a close relationship with others. It's like watching an emotional documentary. With the help of Han Seong-yong, Director of the Korean Otter Research Center,
the author improved the accuracy in the description of otter ecology and roles of researchers at the Center.
The voice of the baby otter is emotional enough to capture her psychological state when she lost her mother to an accident and came to an unfamiliar place alone. The process of the baby otter's adaptation to the unfamiliar environment and her longing for nature and her mother attracts young readers' sympathy. The short and concise sentences can be read comfortably by young readers.
This is a nature picture book that is designed to share how humans and animals should coexist and live today.
- About the Author
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Kim Young An
Kim Young An (M) graduated from Chungbuk National University College of Education. As he teaches Korean in middle school, he became fascinated with children's books, and is now writing books that children can read with excitement. Books he has written include Earth's Last Paradise, The Day that Baby Otter Came, I Live in the Wetlands, A Korean Food Story with Millennial Wisdom, and Sour and Bitter Makgeolli.
Han Byoungho
(Russian) Автор родился и вырос в Сеуле. В университете обучался по специальности корейская традиционная живопись, в настоящее время работает иллюстратором и писателем детских книг. В 2005 г. впервые среди корейских писателей получил премия лучшего иллюстратора "Золотое яблоко" BIB в Братиславе. В 2014 г. выдвигался на премию Андерсена. Среди написанных и иллюстрированных его книг "Хочу стать птицей", "Можно встретиться в горном ущелье Мисан", "Страшный Ку-ка-ре-ка" и др. Среди книг иллюстрированных автором "Пошли в горы!", "Пустой дом", "День выдры", "Собака-след", "В объятиях папы" и др.
(English) Han Byoungho won the Golden Apple Award in the BIB with his work I Wish I Were a Bird, and received the International Hans Christian Andersen Award nomination in 2014. Picture books written and drawn by Han Byoungho include I Wish I Were a Bird, Scary Cock-A-Doodle-Doo and Things We Can See at the Masan Valley. Books illustrated by Han include The Footprint Dog, Cheongyangjang, The Invitation to a Birthday Party in the Woods, The Hen and the Dog and An Empty House.
