When I was little, I found square things all around me peculiar. I imagined an alien "Square" living on a right-angled star was sending some kind of telepathy to make himself known on Earth. Things are changing everyday and the world is becoming diverse but perhaps we are still under the influence of Square’s telepathic power. _Yoo Young-suk

At a four-sided desk, I draw all kinds of pictures on a rectangular piece of paper. As I listened to the song that pervaded my school days, I could look back on those years. I hope this book can elicit fond memories for the readers as well. _Ahn So-min

Since the song "Dream of a Square"(from the album, White 3) was released in 1996, it has been much loved by South Koreans. It was included in the textbooks and children’s music albums as well. The song will become the third in the series of the Changbi Illustrated Book of Lyrics in which Korean popular music with beautiful lyrics will be recreated with illustrations. The lyrics of Yoo Young-suk’s song and the drawings of the illustrator Ahn So-min will come together to show the pure and free mind of children while making a critical commentary of a uniform society. The pictures of Ahn So-min, who was chosen as one of the fifty Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators, will captivate the readers with the contrast of forms and symbolic use of color.

The text of this picture book is the song lyrics of the same title which has been loved more than 20 years in Korea since it was first released. A boy starts his day on his square bed. He opens the square door, has breakfast on the square table, goes to school with square backpack, studies on square books looking on square black board in the square classroom. But the grown-ups are always saying to him "You should be a person of well rounded mind" The pink balloons of the last page will be a small but sensational stir to this “square-shape” standardized society.

Changbi Publishing will publish the "Changbi Illustrated Book of Lyrics Series" which will combine beautifully written lyrics of Korean songs illustrated with drawings. Diverse members of the family with different generations can read and enjoy the book.

The rights to the lyrics of this song is managed by the Copyright Management Bureau Documentation.

어릴 적에 저는 네모투성이인 주변이 신기하게 느껴졌습니다. 네모난 별에 사는 외계인 ‘네모’가 지구에 자신을 알리기 위해 텔레파시를 보내고 있는 게 아닐까 상상했지요. 날로 새로워지고 다양해지는 세상이지만 어쩌면 우리는 여전히 네모의 텔레파시를 받고 있는지도 모른다는 생각을 해 봅니다._유영석

네모난 책상에서 네모난 종이 위에 다양한 그림을 그립니다. 학창 시절을 물들였던 노래를 들으며 그때의 저를 추억할 수 있었습니다. 이 책도 누군가의 일상을 물들일 수 있기를 바랍니다._안소민

1996년 발표 이후 20여 년간 교과서와 동요 앨범에 수록되어 널리 사랑받은 국민가요 「네모의 꿈」(‘화이트’ 3집 음반 수록)이 아름다운 우리말로 표현된 한국 대중가요를 그림책으로 새롭게 꾸리는 ‘창비 노랫말 그림책’ 세 번째 권으로 만들어져 독자들을 만난다. 뮤지션 유영석의 노랫말과 그림책 작가 안소민의 그림이 만나 둥글고 순수한 어린이의 마음을 펼쳐 보이는 동시에 획일화된 기성 사회에 발랄한 일침을 가한다. 2019 골든 핀휠 ‘젊은 일러스트레이터’(Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators) 50인에 선정된 안소민 작가의 그림은 조형적 대비와 색의 상징적 사용으로 눈길을 끈다.

- 창비 노랫말 그림책 시리즈: 창비에서는 문학성 있고 아름다운 우리말로 표현된 한국 대중가요를 그림책으로 펴내는 ‘창비 노랫말 그림책’ 시리즈를 기획, 출간 중이다. 아이와 부모, 조부모까지 세대를 아울러 함께 읽으며 공감할 수 있기를 기대한다.

The text of this picture book is the song lyrics of the same title which has been loved more than 20 years in Korea since it was first released. A boy starts his day on his square bed. He opens the square door, has breakfast on the square table, goes to school with square backpack, studies on square books looking on square black board in the square classroom. But the grown-ups are always saying to him “You should be a person of well rounded mind.” The pink balloons of the last page will be a small but sensational stir to this “square-shape” standardized society.

- 노래 가사는 (사)한국음악저작권협회 신탁관리국 자료팀에서 관리하고 있습니다.