- Overview
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This is a cookie-baking story about a giant in the sky and his three friends.
- Book Intro
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Cookie's House tells the moving story of a short-tongued chameleon, a mute woodpecker and a child born with a disability due to a mistake by a giant in the sky. With help from the giant, the child, the chameleon and the woodpecker learn to bake and sell cookies to become self-reliant. Gang Mu-ji, the author, says that she was inspired to write this story after witnessing a family of disabled and non-disabled persons living together in a community of disabled persons in Daeyeon-dong, Busan. The psychology and behavior of characters are expressed through delightful illustrations of charming shape and vivid colors, adding to the expressive writing for an incredible read.
- About the Author
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Gang Mu-ji
Gang Mu-ji was born in Busan and studied Korean literature in university. Gang started his career as a writer with his children's story The Tale of a Yellow Blanket winning the annual spring literary contest by Kookje Daily News in 1999. Books written by Gang Mu-ji include A Bag of Marsh Snails, Rice and Barley, What Pictures Are You Taking?, and Taeran's Piano.
Song Hyesun
Song Hyeseon’s favorite moments are when she creates different results using various materials, and becomes immersed in a story and comes up with new worlds and characters. Her works include God Likes Bathing; A House Where Cookies are Made; Lie Contest; What’s Wrong with Being a Philippino?; A Quite Decent House; and A Little More about Beans.
