École d'escargot

C'est un livre d'images qui contient la vie scolaire amusante des escargots qui avancent lentement, mais sûrement. À l'école des escargots, il n'y a rien de mal à avancer un peu lentement ou à faire des erreurs. Pour les escargots, c'est tellement naturel. En raison de leur lenteur, ils peuvent voir, entendre et se souvenir en détail des nombreuses choses qu'ils rencontrent dans la vie. Ce livre contient d'une manière exquise une profondeur étonnante de réflexion poétique dans une histoire allégorique simple et concise. « Lenteur » transmet la voix intérieure et le son de la nature. Si vous ralentissez un peu le rythme de la vie, les beaux paysages environnants et les choses précieuses oubliées vous reviennent clairement.

Snail School

Snails have small bodies and move slowly. Although they run as fast as they can and move their entire bodies, the distance they move is not far. They end up peeing before reaching the restroom although it is just around the corner. Yet snails still firmly move forward with their friends.

It took one week for snails to go on a picnic to the neighboring barley field and return. At Snail School, it is okay if you move a bit slowly or make mistakes. Thanks to being slow, snails can leisurely enjoy eating grass blade by blade, and the world becomes closer and more valuable.

Lee Jeongrok, a poet known for his unique writing and speaking skills, delivers the story of snails in a cheerful plot and satisfactory manner.

Juri, an artist, beautifully expresses the school within nature in the midst of bright sunshine, green leaves, the swaying barley field, and snails with unique delicacy and colors. Juri also captures the facial expressions and facial features of the cute main character snail, who is full of confidence, and gives a personality to each snail by adding prints and colors to their shells.

Thanks to the pleasant and joyful sense of humor, Snail School is an easy read that still offers insights and messages that will ring true with many readers. Readers can rediscover aspects of everyday life that they unconsciously pass by through the attitudes of the snails, who work their way forward slowly but firmly. Readers can also gain courage and indefinite energy through empathy for the growing snails learning about the world bit by bit despite lacking skills.

느리지만 꿋꿋하게 자신의 길을 나아가는 달팽이들의 즐거운 학교생활을 담은 그림책이다. 달팽이 학교에서는 조금 천천히 나아가도, 자칫 실수해도 괜찮다. 달팽이들에겐 그것이 너무나 자연스러운 일이니까. 그들은 느린 덕분에 살면서 마주하는 많은 것을 하나하나 자세히 보고, 듣고, 기억할 수 있다. 이 책은 쉽고 간결한 우화적 이야기에 놀라운 깊이의 시적 성찰을 절묘하게 담고 있다. 내면의 소리, 자연의 소리를 전하는 ‘느림.’ 삶의 속도를 조금 늦추면 아름다운 주변 풍경이, 잊었던 소중한 것들이 선명하게 다가온다.