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2025.08.04
The Summer of a Mole
1. Publication Details
Title | The Summer of a Mole
Author | Kim Sangkeun
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2022-08-05
ISBN | 9791160949599
No. of pages | 56
Dimensions | 221*247
2. Book Intro
A friendly saying by grandma opens the beginning of the summer in a long time. In the forest where a mole family lives, many animals are ready for the summer vacation. The mole also leaves his boring work ? digging the ground- behind, and heads towards somewhere for vacation. Then, he meets his first destiny under the shade of a tree. He thinks he is sitting on the ground, but it turns out to be the back of a turtle. The sweet mole has decided the sea is today’s destination as the turtle is accompanying him to help him on his way home safely. He has postponed digging the ground for vacation, but he still needs to dig the ground to head toward the sea. He is somewhat hesitant to volunteer what he is not good at, but he works up the courage for the turtle. When you read this book, you will imagine the mole waiting for a bus near a snowball in the winter and then, you will smile while realizing how considerate the mole is.
Since they begin to dig the ground, their journey becomes such an adventure. They dig around anywhere and come up at strange places, saying, “I’m sorry”. Their surprise visits are presented rhythmically three times in a row. Their journey gets bigger and faster, and finally, the joy explodes in the end. They are not good at finding a way or digging the ground, but they also feel excited by having each other as a company. Where is the sea by the way? Their cheerful journey then gets quieter when they have to be separated. They have become a good friend to each other, but now it’s time to go their way home. Then, some other friends join in the journey, and they get to have an unexpected ending. Perhaps, those other friends might be adults who have protected the world of moles all the time.
Readers, who haven’t noticed the truth of the turtle until now, may laugh out after reading a cute twist. The turtle and the mole didn’t know each other and had different personalities, but they were united as one. Their valuable friendship glitters in the summer night sky.
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Winter Vacation in Seoul
1. Publication Details
Title | Winter Vacation in Seoul
Author | Jeon Jung-im
Publisher | Hellorobin
Publication Date | 2022-01-25
ISBN | 9791191942026
No. of pages | 174
Dimensions | 152*205
2. Book Intro
Ms. Yangi has opened the doors of her Hanok-style hotel in Seoul’s Bukchon Village to guests for the winter season. The story features a hotel employee called Mingyeong who becomes friends with a guest at the hotel called Lini. Although the friendship between the two young girls is off to a good start, it isn’t long before things begin to turn sour due to their differing personalities and difficulty understanding each other. How will Lini, the hotel guest, and Mingyeong, who acts as her guide, come to remember their time spent together in Seoul? Will they make any lasting memories of the big city? This travel guide introduces readers to the best family-friendly attractions in Seoul.
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Man of Facts and Woman of Feelings
1. Publication Details
Title | Man of Facts and Woman of Feelings
Author | Sukyeong Lee; Hakgu Jeong
Publisher | Happybookmedia
Publication Date | 2021-12-13
ISBN | 9788998079451
No. of pages | 304
Dimensions | 150*220
2. Book Intro
Since meeting at a newspaper company and getting married, this agile couple have been busy going on road trips - even after their children were born. Always with an excuse of having to see the world, they are travel enthusiasts who have been all over the country and even all the way to Russia on the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Then their dream opportunity comes along ? domestic travel for a whole month - not too long and not too short. The husband was planning a trip for his sabbatical before retiring, and the wife took a month from work due to the Covid-19 pandemic. A man who always plans everything and does things exactly as planned, and a woman who is just happy to go anywhere. They chronicle their journey of traveling together and rediscovering their differences, only to reaffirm that they are each other’s perfect life companions.
Starting from Jeju Island, they travel around the country from the West Coast, the Armistice Line, and the East Coast to Busan. It is true that this trip reflects the husband’s tastes and is a bit of a history tour, but it doesn’t stop there. They visit the wounds of modern history that cannot be seen in famous tourist attractions and observe ordinary people’s way of life as well as the other side of a glamorous city. The book makes us look into the heartbreaking fragments that we’re not aware of, or perhaps we want to look away from, in many corners of the country. Furthermore, you will see with fresh eyes the beautiful nature admired by a sentimental lady as well as charms in arboretums, museums, art galleries, and parks that have been well maintained. All this, and the couple’s love for each other.
Their one-month travel starts in Jeju Island. The scenery around the island is enchanting, but the tour starts off in a “dark” way. Part 1 depicts the couple’s week in Jeju. From the airport, they head to Hangpaduri Castle in Aewol for the first stop on their itinerary, and look back at the history of Anti-Mongol struggle. The Sambyeolcho resistance is well known, but the Mokho who settled down after defeating the Sambyeolcho is unfamiliar to us. When the man accidentally discovers the word “extermination of the Mongols” on a stone monument on the shore, his guts are activated. He pauses and searches the Jeju Provincial Office website to find relevant historical facts. After suppressing Sambyeolcho as members of the Goryeo-Mongol Allied Forces, some Mongolian soldiers who remained in Jeju lived with the native people for 100 years. The word “extermination” refers to the annihilation of Mokho, or former Mongolian soldiers, by General Choi Young during the reign of King Gongmin at the end of the Goryeo period. Yet, there is a view held by some Jeju people that Sambyeolcho, the Mongolian army, or the Goryeo army were all foreign powers after all. The man is lost in thought. Is it appropriate that General Choi Young is accepted as a guardian deity by the Jeju people? Is the history we know true?
Such questions arise not only on Jeju, but also at various other destinations, and the man does not hesitate to pause and investigate. At night, he goes back to his room and scours the internet and belatedly studies history. When still not resolved, he tries to find data and even go on a follow-up trip after completing the one-month trip. The Yeosu-Suncheon Rebellion is another historical scene that he digs into.
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Summer Vacation
Title | Summer Vacation
Author | Kang Hyun Sun
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2021-08-31
ISBN | 9791160947526
No. of pages | 60
Dimensions | 210*301
2. Book Intro
During the summer vacation, children go on a journey by bus. They happen to meet friends in different color skins while playing soccer. This round ball accidentally is kicked by children and the soccer game begins. The game never stops until the sunset becomes red. This picture book beautifully describes the heatwaves in the middle of the day, movements of kicking a ball, nervous emotions, and running players with bare feet on a wide sand beach based on dynamic images.
One summer day, a red bus is leaving. The story begins when this red bus stops after finishing its curling journey and children with backpacks get out of this but. These children are looking for somewhere else using a map. They build up their tent and start playing in the water, but only one child wanders with a soccer ball. And there are other children looking at this scene. They have different color skins! Where do they arrive in this summer vacation?
The writer, Kang Hyun Sun, has shown her personal style with stamp art and collage technique so far, and now she has beautifully described how friends with different skin colors become united after happening to meet together and playing soccer games at the strange place through this book, ‘Summer Vacation’. This book is presented only with images without descriptive writings, so that readers can feel the attractiveness of picture books. The empty faces of children without facial expressions provokes imagination. And the writer attracts readers with red color ranging from but, to a soccer ball, to the sunset, and by doing so, she provides us with such a special summer vacation story.
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Summer Vacation Homework Fabricators
1. Publication Details
Title | Summer Vacation Homework Fabricators
Author | Jeong Jinhui; Lee Jin Ha
Publisher | SAKYEJUL PUBLISHING LTD.
Publication Date | 2021-07-08
ISBN | 9791160947441
No. of pages | 160
Dimensions | 147*210
2. Book Intro
Isn’t the summer vacation for a real break? However, mom never stops nagging even during the summer vacation. Today, Jun Bo got pushed by his mother again by being asked to do homework while watching the television. He tried to just ignore her saying, but at that moment, his mother proposed a very tempting bet. If he got awarded for the vacation homework, she promised to buy him a ‘Playstory’ gaming machine! So, Jun Bo decided to work on a vacation homework diligently, and called his friend, Gu Bong, to tell this good news. However, he got disappointed right away when Gu Bong said, “It’s impossible for you to get awarded.” Eventually, Jun Bo and Gu Bong asked Gyung Soo, the top student of the class and got award for vacation homework last year, for help. However, Gyung Soo rejected them, saying, “Why am I supposed to help you?”. Will Jun Bo succeed in persuading Gyung Soo and getting the award for his homework with Gu Bong? Can Jun Bo earn a ‘Playstory’ gaming machine?
These three friends gathered together for homework, sometimes argued one another, and got rain while listening to cicadas under the sunshine. By doing so, they all slowly learned how to get along with others, how to help and care for others who think differently from me and realized what friends were for. In the end, they all earned the opportunity to think of what really the important thing was on their own. Finally, these three characters in ‘Summer Vacation Homework Fabricators’ spent their summer vacation through hands-on learning about being together, learning, and building true friendship or relationship with others. It could be somewhat typical and obvious like textbooks themes, but readers can feel how capable of the writer is to describe these unique and lovable characters in a realistic situation by using an easy material of ‘vacation homework’.
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I Want to Be Happy Now
1. Publication Details
Title | I Want to Be Happy Now
Author | Kim Jeonghee
Publisher | Goraebook library
Publication Date | 2019-01-04
ISBN | 9791187427803
No. of pages | 212
Dimensions | 130*190
2. Book Intro
Puberty is something everyone experiences. There are people who go through it quietly, without any emotional distress, and people whose mind and body fluctuate wildly with various thoughts. Who am I? What do I want? What kind of person do I want to become? The writer states it this way: once a thought strikes you, you can’t do anything properly. During this time of life, one imagines a bright future while simultaneously being weighed down by insecurity and confusion about it. During this time, the forceful guidance of adults who push their way of life on youth, cause one to rebound in a random direction like a spring. The main character of this story, Junseo, is a spiritless boy. Not not a troublemaker, just a lost boy who fails to get along in school and with friends. Limiting his life will only act as a poison to his growth. So the boy is sent off to his uncle’s farm to experience a new world and reflect on his life. A special summer begins for Junseo, who does not know what he truly likes or what he wants to do.
Junseo gets to spend his last summer break of middle school at his uncle’s farm. This was something decided by Junseo’s parents, rather than something he wanted, and they set the condition that he spends his time there without a smartphone instead of going to summer school. Junseo is worried about how he will do on his uncle’s farm.
His uncle raises sheep and chickens. One hen who does not get along with the flock shows interest in Junseo, who did not have much to like about the place, and Junseo eventually names the hen Gwiyomi. A Jindo dog named Khan which had been abandoned but was taken in by uncle, slowly became friendly with Junseo. Junseo tries to escape the farm, anxiously counting the days left until his return, but he is not completely hateful towards the life at the farm with his uncle. As time goes by, he gets used to the farm life and even becomes close with the Seulki’s family in the neighborhood. But then one day, Junseo is attacked by a herd of wild boar. At the end of his summer break, Junseo returns to Seoul leaving the wounded Khan behind. Get on board with the special summer break of Junseo.
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One Late Night in the Countryside
1. Publication Details
Title | One Late Night in the Countryside
Author | Myoung-jin Jeon; Kim Minjeong
Publisher | Wisdom House, Inc
Publication Date | 2018-08-10
ISBN | 9788962479614
No. of pages | 132
Dimensions | 153*220
2. Book Intro
Jangu went to grandmother’s house in the countryside with his younger brother, Seonu. It had been three years since their last visit. For Jangu, who liked VR games, grandma’s house was a boring and tedious place. Although his grandmother took very good care of them when Seonu and Jangu were younger and their mother was always busy, Jangu was just unhappy that he couldn’t play the games he liked.
From the moment Seonu and Jangu arrived at their grandmother’s house, all of their expectations were blown away. Grandma didn’t come to the train station to pick them up because her legs were aching. They were no longer her top priorities. She only gave them steamed potatoes or boiled barley for meals. Seonu and Jangu didn’t want to go to the toilet because it was way too dirty. On top of that, grandma said she caught all the mice in the house, but Jangu kept seeing the horrible rodents and it made him furious. The biggest problem was that grandma had become somewhat unfamiliar and cold. Jangu couldn’t complain or ask her for help.
Her weird words and behavior made him nervous. She told him not to go outside at night because he might encounter mountain animals. She said her dog and cat left home together one day. She didn’t stop Seonu when he tried to climb a tree. Jangu even found her cat’s leash and some bones, which made him extremely afraid and confused. What could be more scary and fearful than a person who’s always on my side, who always loved me, suddenly becoming so unfamiliar? For Jangu, she was the person who loved him even more than his mom. They were so close that he thought those three years when they couldn’t see each other wouldn’t affect their relationship at all. As soon as Jangu started to think that his grandmother might hurt him, he ran away from the house.
Then he started thinking that she may have a serious disease like dementia. So he came back to her house in the middle of the night, despite her warning that he should stay inside at night because of the dangerous mountain animals…! Will it be possible for Jangu to stay safe during this summer vacation?
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The Sun’s Vacation
1. Publication Details
Title | The Sun’s Vacation
Author | Byeon Jeongwon
Publisher | BORIM PRESS
Publication Date | 2018-07-31
ISBN | 9788943311773
No. of pages | 26
Dimensions | 150*190
2. Book Intro
What does the Sun do when it rains? The Sun enjoys fishing stars with a frog in the galaxy and plays hide-and-seek in a sunflower garden. The Sun also enjoys hot swimming in a volcano where lava flows and has a party with friends. The Sun does quite a lot of things during its free time until the rain stops. Let’s enjoy the Sun’s special vacation together!
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HOTEL PARADISE
1. Publication Details
Title | HOTEL PARADISE
Author | So Yoonkyoung
Publisher | Munhakdongne
Publication Date | 2018-07-20
ISBN | 9788954652032
No. of pages | 64
Dimensions | 250*330
2. Book Intro
Welcome. This is your paradise.
I have been waiting for you for quite some time.
This is the lastest book of So Yunkyung, who has been staring at the other side of the safe, sleek world. The blend of dense pen lines and digital colors creates a sensation both throbbing and overwhelming at the same time. The story begins with a family going on vacation. After the tiring flight to their destination, the first thing to welcome them is an air of unfamiliarity. A disinfected interior and fancy decorations, great-tasting delicacies and eye-catching performances. Everything they need is prepared. As the family finds themselves in an atmosphere that provides them escape from their daily routine, the reader is met with a new narrator. Who is this voice that we meet in the middle of the story? This voice that has entered the story like an uninvited guest invites us to a world outside of the straight path towards Hotel Paradise.
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I Travel to the Hotel
1. Publication Details
Title | I Travel to the Hotel
Author | Kim Dayeong
Publisher | Banni
Publication Date | 2018-07-10
ISBN | 9791187980766
No. of pages | 320
Dimensions | 140*205
2. Book Intro
Stop renting rooms in hotels just to sleep! How to enjoy a hotel vacation just for you.
Just as backpacking alone to famous destinations has become popular, taking a trip and enjoying a vacation at a hotel has also seen a sharp increase in popularity. Hotel trips are not only for special occasions, and they’re not only for those with deep pockets, either. If you enjoy the special services that hotels prepare and like making short trips around hotels, you do not have to waste time and money traveling to distant destinations. Also, given that you have to sleep at a hotel for 1/3 of your total trip, the comfort and safety offered by the hotel is a great advantage of a hotel trip.
The author does not insist on a standardized hotel seen anywhere in this book. Instead, this book offers unique hotels rather than luxurious hotels, and hotels with their own policies. Like a hotel that offers a new tourism model in association with the local community, the author argues that the most important point in a hotel trip is experiencing new relaxation offered by the hotel. If you travel for relaxation, spending time at a hotel to relax and prepare is as important as the time you take traveling around the area. The quality of the time also determines the quality of the trip.
There is no reason to pay good money for a stay at a hotel just because it is luxurious and kind. A small service can move the customer’s heart and change the overall feeling and satisfaction of the trip. The 28 hotels around the world that the author introduces are just like that. They allow you to see the area in a new way in association with the local community, offer you more attentive service unavailable anywhere else, and satisfy you with their unique concepts. The author enjoys services in person and delivers the experience directly from the perspective of the customer rather than that of those involved in the hotel or travel industry. It seems more intriguing to ordinary travelers who like traveling but know only the brands of large hotel chains, and the book provides a vivid portrayal that may well make you add some of these hotels to your plan for your next trip. Also included are useful transportation and pricing information and information about the hotels.
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Granny’s Summer Vacation
1. Publication Details
Title | Granny’s Summer Vacation
Author | Bonsoir Lune
Publisher | Changbi Publishers, Inc.
Publication Date | 2016-07-01
ISBN | 9788936454951
No. of pages | 56
Dimensions | 227*260
2. Book Intro
Noteworthy for its imaginativeness, freely moving between reality and fantasy, this work begins with a grandson visiting his lonely grandmother one summer day. After her grandson gives her a conch, which resonates with the sound of ocean waves, and departs, Granny is seated in an empty room, watching the television. Suddenly, she goes inside the conch with her puppy, Mary, and enjoys a nice summer vacation. In contrasting the home where Granny leads her everyday life and the seaside where she enjoys her vacation, the author shows an impressive expressiveness. Whereas the protagonist’s home is exquisitely depicted with bric-a-brac, the sea is shown as a space where a wide-open view and a bold composition unfold. While Granny is portrayed as reticent and quiet in her daily life, she is as lighthearted and humorous at the sea. Adding outstanding imagination and sensitive mise-en-sc?ne, the author spins the magical adventures of the heroine into a fascinating story.
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Summer Vacation
1. Publication Details
Title | Summer Vacation
Author | Lee Haery; Jang Youngbok
Publisher | Kookminbooks Co., Ltd.
Publication Date | 2010-07-02
ISBN | 9788911029150
No. of pages | 40
Dimensions | 228*316
2. Book Intro
Today is the only one day of the year that the zoo is closed. “We’re going to the beach!” brag Coki and Cori to their friends. But the tired Dad Elephant only continues sleeping and snoring loudly. Srnnk, Pooh~ Srnnnk, Pooh~ Ah, but Dad’s snoring sounds weird. Srnnnk~Yeck, Pooh~ “Ah, ah oh my god!” Cori, Coki, and Mom Elephant are obviously annoyed by the snoring and move to a sand dune on the beach. Tunk, Thunk, Thund!
“Wow! The sea!” Coki, Cori, and Mom ride the waves, play on the squid swings, and roll an octopus ball. But it is weird. It is not fun. They can’t help thinking about Dad. Tired Coki, Cori, and Mom drift off to sleep. Pururung Pooh~Cororong Coh~ Pororong Poh~
Dad, snoring at home, starts to float up to the sky by the strong breath by Coki, Cori, and Mom. Can the Elephant Family indeed enjoy an exciting summer vacation?
Summer Vacation expresses a family’s love through an exciting summer vacation and snoring.
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