VOL.69/2024.04

 

#Companion Animal

KPIPA Introduces K-Books for Global Publishing Markets through K-Book Platform

2023.03.13

 

Companion Human

1. Publication Details

 

Title | Companion Human
Author | Shin jin, Gwon Mun Gyeong
Publisher | SANZINI
Publication Date | 2020-09-10
ISBN | 9788965456728
No. of pages | 192
Dimensions | 152 * 210

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Kang Sugeul
Email | sanzini@sanzinibook.com
Phone | +82-51-504-7070

 

3. Book Intro

 

Companion Human is a collection of stories that deal with the subject of the ecological restoration of humans and nature. Ecologism, as defined by the author, encompasses the ecological restoration of physical nature, the purification of the social system, and the restoration of individuals and community. In modern society—with its self-centered rational brutality, materialism, and human alienation—it is very difficult to realize ecologism. Even so, the author conveys his wish for ecological restoration in ten stories.

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63 DAYS

1. Publication Details

 

Title | 63 DAYS
Author | Huh Jungyoon, Ko Jeongsoon
Publisher | KINDERLAND/BANDAL
Publication Date | 2020-03-20
ISBN | 9788956188560
No. of pages | 44
Dimensions | 325 * 253

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Kim Byoungoh
Email | kbo@kinderland.co.kr
Phone | +82-31-919-2735

 

3. Book Intro

 

It’s another busy day at the mill. Selling thousands a day would be ideal, but the reality is that only one can be made a year. But nothing is impossible for us. We’ve finally found an easy way. Now we can make many at once! 63 days is all that we need. It’s another busy day at the mill to make that certain someone happy.
This picture book shows how puppies are born of human hands, just the way stuffed animals are made at a toy factory. Etched paintings, a technique of printmaking, express the artist’s intention of conveying human disregard for life through engraving on cold metal.
By analogizing the activities of a puppy mill to printmaking with human hands in cold, sharp environments, the book seems to be asking its readers,
“Are you living with a happy dog?”

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I Have Become a Good Person Since I Met Animals

1. Publication Details

 

Title | I Have Become a Good Person Since I Met Animals
Author | Kim Bokyoung
Publisher | Book Factory Dubulu
Publication Date | 2019-01-20
ISBN | 9788997137350
No. of pages | 280
Dimensions | 210 * 148

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Kim, Bo-kyoung
Email | animalbook@naver.com
Phone | +82-2-766-8406

 

3. Book Intro

 

It is a book written by the author who runs a publishing company specializing in animal books as a record of his changes as he lived with dogs and cats. He talks about the common life of most pet owners. Living with a pet is a process of learning that they and humans are no different, and it becomes the growth period of a human being. Human beings embraced by dogs and cats have become a little uncomfortable thanks to them, but it is a growing period of becoming better people.

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Yomu, the One-Hundred-Year-Old Cat

 

Title | Yomu, the One-Hundred-Year-Old Cat
Author | Nam Geunyoung, Choi Miran
Publisher | SIGONGSA Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2019-06-25
ISBN | 9788952789785
No. of pages | 48
Dimensions | 250 * 255

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Irene Lee
Email | irene@sigongsa.com
Phone | +82-2-2046-2849

 

3. Book Intro

 

Yeongji is living with her grandmother, instead of her mother, for a period of time. A fat cat comes to her grandmother’s house every day to eat. Yoengji’s grandmother calls the cat a strange little thing, but Yeongji thinks of the cat as her pet. She takes the cat on her way to play with her friends, and ends up naming the cat “Yomu.” One day, Yeongji’s grandmother falls ill with a severe cold, and Yomu comes to pay a visit at night, like the strange little thing it is, according to Yeongji’s grandmother. Yeongji, who has been watching over her grandmother by herself, invites Yomu inside, and snuggling together under a blanket, they fall asleep. A few days later, Yomu gives birth to four kittens, and Yeongji’s grandmother, though she acts indifferent, boils a hen to feed Yomu. The children in the neighborhood come to see the kittens, and Yeongji happily welcomes the kittens into the family.

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My Two Grandpas

1. Publication Details

 

Title | My Two Grandpas
Author | Kim Junyoung
Publisher | Gilbut Children Publishing Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2019-05-10
ISBN | 9788955824971
No. of pages | 48
Dimensions | 190 * 257

 

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Lee Hyungsung
Email | hlee43@gilbutkid.co.kr
Phone | +82-2-6353-3713

 

3. Book Intro

 

I have two grandpas I love. They’re my grandpa and my dog, Sundol. The two are so similar. My two grandpas who look alike and who love me like twins. But these two grandpas, who were always by my side, suddenly changed one day. What happened to my two beloved grandpas?

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We Became a Family One Day

1. Publication Details

 

Title | We Became a Family One Day
Author | Park Hyunsuk, Kim Joo-kyung
Publisher | SEOYUJAE
Publication Date | 2018-03-30
ISBN | 9791189034009
No. of pages | 174
Dimensions | 152 * 250

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | HYEREE PARK
Email | seoyujae_p@naver.com
Phone | +82-70-5135-1866

 

3. Book Intro

 

“Now, we will live together by wonderfully nurturing the various forms we were born with.”
A special family story told by Seomin and Mami, his companion animal!
People, animals, trees and grass...
All living things in this world have the weight of life.
And the name of the scale that weighs them is called “equal rights.”
When did our current reality, that of tens of thousands of companion animals being abandoned every year, first begin? Life on the streets, as depicted through the eyes of “Mami,” and the shelter scene show the reality of abandoned dogs in Korea. The animal shelter that Mami and Bibi go to in search of “rescue” is even more heartbreaking. Mami and Bibi suffer in fear of that “scary monster called death stars right at you” in this place where animals are euthanized after their announcement date passes. If you face the reality portrayed in this book, from the reckless breeding at “dog factories” to the distribution process of companion animals that is carried out without any legal restrictions, you will naturally perk up to those voices calling for fundamental measures to be established based on animal welfare and animal rights. Mami, the main character in this book, was an abandoned breeding dog who was adopted by a family. Her past scars were cured as she received and gave love as a member of the family. She gets abandoned again by an unexpected incident. But after overcoming all sorts of hardships, she finally returns to her owner. The book shows well how the power of love Mami received from Seomin’s family played a great part in the process. From Mami, who returns the love she receives with her whole heart and body, we realize that the animal-human relations are also a horizontal solidarity based on trust, love and consideration.

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My First Pets, the Secret Fish

1. Publication Details

 

Title | My First Pets, the Secret Fish
Author | Kim Sungeun, Jo Yunju
Publisher | A thousand hope
Publication Date | 2018-03-02
ISBN | 9791187287704
No. of pages | 40
Dimensions | 210 * 245

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Song Soohyun
Email | song_soohyun@hanmail.net
Phone | +82-31-955-5243

 

3. Book Intro

 

The main character first saw guppies at her friend Ara’s house. Small and cute, they captivated her heart right away. She got two guppies from Ara and decided to raise them as her first companion animals. But the question remained of how she could persuade her mom who opposes her idea because her mom thinks they’re difficult to have around and just never listens to her. Eventually, she kept the guppies in her drawer as her “secret fish,” being unable to tell the truth to her mom. Will her project to keep the fish with nobody knowing succeed in the end?
As this unusual challenge unfolds, a sense of responsibility and a love for animals are awakened beyond the frustration and tears experienced while taking care of other living beings.

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The Eyes of Living Animals are Beautiful

1. Publication Details

 

Title | The Eyes of Living Animals are Beautiful
Subtitle | A veterinarian tells his daughter the story of living together with animals
Author | Park Jongmoo
Publisher | RISU Publishing co,
Publication Date | 2016-06-15
ISBN | 9791186274088
No. of pages | 196
Dimensions | 150 * 210

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Kim Soohyun
Email | fstarbook@naver.com
Phone | +82-70-8849-5340

 

3. Book Intro

 

The Eyes of Living Animals are Beautiful delivers a story about an uncomfortable truth hidden by human greed and opens a door to new awareness about life. Included are the images of twisted reality attributable to a distorted view of living things from the problem of abandoned animals that bluntly show the trend of disrespect for life, to the reality of brutal treatment of animals in the blind spot not reached by law, and to the stockbreeding of animals that degenerated into a tool for making profits. Instead of appealing to emotions, this book strives to share the value of ‘living together’ along with a just sense.
We live while establishing various forms of relationships with animals either consciously or unconsciously. We form a relationship with companion animals analogous to that with family members while we eat more meat, use animals for production of clothes and bags, and visit animals at the zoo as attractions. Such entrenched relationships are so familiar but not desirable. On one hand, the awareness of animals has been improved to the extent of using the term of companion animals instead of pets. On the other hand, we easily buy and abandon animals as a means of convenience and profit or brutally treat animals.
The author, a veterinarian, tells us a story based on his hands-on experiences of animal abuse, minor and significant, he had while being involved with medical treatment, volunteer activities and activities for rescuing animals for the last 20 years. He answers reasonably and truthfully in response to numerous questions and bold contradiction in the eyes of his adolescent daughter.
Included are why the author, upon finding an abandoned animal, was reluctant to send it to an animal rescue organization, why animal activists are particularly against dog meat while they are fine with eating beef and pork, and why we should protect even animals despite numerous poverty-stricken people. This book reminds us of the problems we frequently face in our daily lives but hold little of our real interest and opens a door to the new awareness about life.

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A Puppy Who Gives Us Happiness

1. Publication Details

 

Title | A Puppy Who Gives Us Happiness
Author | Ko Jinmi, Kwon Sehyeok
Publisher | ISEOWON Publishing Co.
Publication Date | 2015-10-07
ISBN | 9788997714551
No. of pages | 200
Dimensions | 172 * 222

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Yun Heuigyeong
Email | heuigyeong@hanmail.net
Phone | +82-2-3444-9522

 

3. Book Intro

 

This is a fairy tale told from the point of view of an abandoned puppy who is discovered tied up and brought home by a young girl.
An entire family participated in the creation of this book, including a mother who wrote the story and a father who headed up the illustrations.

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A Special Zoo

1. Publication Details

 

Title | A Special Zoo
Author | Park Juhye, Seo Jihyun
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2019-04-05
ISBN | 9791160944594
No. of pages | 52
Dimensions | 160 * 210

 

2. Copyright Contact

 

Name | Kang Hyunjoo
Email | kanghjoo@sakyejul.com
Phone | +82-31-955-8600

 

3. Book Intro

 

There is a special zoo at Sani (main character)’s house. A penguin is standing straight up on the balcony to breathe in the fresh air, a panda is eating pages from the middle section of a thick book, and a white bear is lying down on the tile floor at the front door. How did these animals end up at Sani’s house?
The author, Park Juhye, also included an anecdote about her companion animal and special rabbit friend, Ddongkkangi, in A Special Zoo, just as she did previously in Backpack Rabbit. The story is depicted charmingly by illustrator Seo Jihyun, whose drawings are like animation. She left hints of the “special animal” here are there in the scenes, adding a fun search feature for readers. Now, let’s all go to Sani’s place!

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