- Overview
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This picture book composed of the pixel art makes us reflect upon how our fathers would look were they not called father.
- Book Intro
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(Russian) Дядюшка Слон и сто капель воды
Книга с иллюстрациями, выполненными в технике пиксельной графики, повествует о нелёгком пути папы-слона по имени Тутти, который несёт домой полное ведро воды. Воды в его ведре ровно сто капель. Смешной и несуразный вид папы-слона вызывает одновременно улыбку и жалость. Книга в забавной и трогательной манере показывает детям невидимые глазу заботы и хлопоты любящих отцов.
(English) Mr. Tutti and 100 Waterdrops
Uncle elephant is riding a bicycle fast. He is carrying a bucket filled with blue water drops on his head. There are 100 water drops in the bucket. He runs with his hair blowing in the air, without taking his eyes off his destination, but the way home seems so far away. Thinking about the children who would be waiting for him, his mind is kept busy, but his way gets rougher and rougher. When he passes under the scorching sun and through a cave in which ghosts seem to be hiding and he falls down from a cliff, the water drops pop out from the bucket one by one. He is pursued by bees, encounters a dreadful snake, and even has some of the water stolen. But uncle elephant is so kind-hearted that when he meets a group of ants who are in difficult circumstances, he gives them water. As he gets closer to home, fewer water drops remain in the bucket. But he never stops pedaling the bicycle. The name of uncle elephant is Tutti, representing ‘all’ fathers. Depicting what happens to uncle elephant in a merry way, this picture book makes us reflect upon how our fathers would look in places where were they not called father and thank them.
An elephant hanging from a tree, a grazing desert fox, a bat hanging upside down... There are many animals hiding on uncle elephant's way home. The hiding figures, only escaping the eyes of uncle elephant, are easily exposed to view to the readers, enriching the story. Don’t miss the fun of counting the water drops that keep decreasing.
Mr. Tutti and 100 Water Drops is a picture book composed of pixels, a rare case among the recently published picture books. Everything except the elephant and his bicycle in this book is expressed in pixel form. The shape of the pixel that composes those things are various. Small dots, short lines, empty square, and even faces putting on surprised expression and skulls. As the pixels created based on brilliant ideas are accumulated, they build up trees, ants and bees, the giraffe, and refreshingly pouring rain. The pixels of diverse densities, sizes, and shapes are used appropriately in each scene according to each situation.
- About the Author
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Noh Inkyung
(English) Noh Inkyoung studied Visual Design in Hongik University and Fine Arts in Italy. Books that are written and drawn by Noh Inkyoung include Mr. Bear’s Chair, X, the Hedgehog, The Breath, and I Am a Bag. Noh was selected as the Illustrator of the Year in Bologna Children's Book Fair with her work in The Book Cleaner, Soso in 2012. In 2013, Noh won the BIB Golden Apple Award and the Petits Momes Award in Switzerland with her illustrations in Mr. Elephant and 100 Drops of Water. Hedgehog X won the White Raven in 2015, and Mr. Bear’s Chair won the One Book, One Library of Seoul in 2018. Noh's other illustrations include I Love You No, Dumb Letter!, Great Day for a Picnic, and Sorry Cat!
(Japanese) 2006年初創作絵本である『電車と魚』を出版して以来、『本掃除部ソソ』、『象おじさんと100個の水滴』、『ハリネズミエックス』、『君の日』など新しい試みをした作品を着実に出版して来た。『本掃除部ソソ』で2012年ボローニャ国際児童図書展今年のイラストレーターに選定され、続いて『象おじさんと100個の水滴』で2013年ブラチスラバ世界絵本原画展(BIB)金のりんご賞を受賞し、『ハリネズミエックス』が2015ホワイトレイブンズに選定され、世界の注目を集めている。『クマさんの椅子』は『2018ソウル市一つの図書館一冊の本を読む』に選ばれた。
- Award
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BIB, 2013, The BIB International Picture Book Illustration Fair Golden Apple Award
Switzerland, 2013, The Petits Momes Award
- Selection
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IBBY Italy, 2013, The Silent Books/Lampedusa Project
Bookstart Korea, 2013, The Bookstart Treasure Chest