- Overview
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This is the first book of a picture book (board book) series that allows a mother and child to have fun playing together while enjoying simple items around the house and their bodies.
- Book Intro
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It tells us the importance of following orders and controlling one’s temper. However, instead of using direct teaching methods, this book invites children to the imaginative space of a witch’s wonder emporium. It opens up a conversation with children about the way they feel about themselves and the importance of good behavior.
- About the Author
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Jung Ran Hee
(English) Jeong Ranhee studied playwriting at the Seoul Institute of the Arts and children's literature at Dankook University graduate school. Jeong launched her literary career after her children's story "My Aunt is a Fourth Grader" was selected at the Kookje Daily's new writer contest. Jeong wrote the Button Witch Series, including Button Witch's Suspicious Diner, Fortune Family, and How to Become a Superboy. She also authored the young adult novel Mother's Fan Club. Jeong received the 2015 Peace Human Rights Literature Award for her works on peace, human rights issues, and Korean history, as found in her books Butterfly Girls, Mrs. Mu Myeongcheon, and Kwon Kiok: Heaven's Independent Activist.
(Japanese) ソウル芸術大学で文学と演劇を勉強した。 国際新聞新春文芸に童話「わが叔母は4年生」が当選して作品活動を始め、国民日報の子供が書いた童話の審査評を担当した。 図書館や学校で子どもたちに会って面白い話を聞かせるのが大好きで、今も子どもたちがいる場所ならどこにでも駆けつけている。
(Vietnamese) Tác giả từng học chuyên ngành Văn học và Kịch tại trường Đại học Nghệ thuật Seoul. Cô bắt đầu hoạt động viết truyện sau khi truyện tranh “Cô tớ học lớp 4” được đề cử tại giải Văn học nghệ thuật Tân Xuân của báo Quốc tế. Cô cũng từng phụ trách đánh giá truyện tranh do thiếu nhi viết trong một chuyên mục của Nhật báo Kukmin. Tác giả đặc biệt thích đến trường học hoặc thư viện để kể những câu chuyện thú vị cho các em nhỏ. Bất kể nơi nào có trẻ em cô đều sẵn sàng chạy đến để được đồng hành.
Yi Eun-sun
(English) Yi Eun-sun is a teacher at Punghyang Elementary School, located in Gwangju Metropolitan. Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus, children are today living in a world different from before, wearing hygiene masks all day. The book shows the process of making the unique masks by the mothers of Punghyang Elementary School for their children in a frustrating and anxious time.
