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2017.10.10

 

Firefly Goes Poo Poo Poo

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1. Publication Details

Imprint | A Thousand Hopes

Title | Firefly Goes Poo Poo Poo

Author | Yoon, Yeo-Rim

Illustrator | Cho, Won-Hee

Format | 192*230

Binding | Hardcover

Pages | 64pages

ISBN | 979-11-87287-13-1

 

2. Contact

Name | Kim Ji-yeon

Phone | +82-31-955-5242

Email | jiyeony12@hanmail.net

URL | http://blog.naver.com/athousandhope

 

3. About the Author / Illustrator

Author: Yoon, Yeo-Rim

Yoon once met a cheerful old lady called Bicky in San Diego. Bicky explained to Yoon that there are words in English that are made by combining two different words to create new meanings. It occurred to Yoon that Korean has such compound words as well, and she thought “Shall I search for some fun Korean compound words?” While searching for such words, Yoon found interesting stories in the words. With great illustrations by Won-Hee Cho, she made the stories into a picture book. Many words have interesting stories. Do you want to find those words by yourself? Yoon is the author of A Terrible Soccer Player, Ha-Ram, Nice!; A Bean Mask Teacher Laughed!; Eun-Iee’s Palm; A Glove Tree; A Slow Lizard; Looking at Each Other; and This Is My Family.

 

Illustrator: Cho, Won-Hee

Cho likes to look at words carefully since the shape of a word sometimes conveys a sound or a movement. How fun and mysterious words are! Cho wanted to draw about the hidden stories and images in words. Cho’s favorite word in this book was “TreeOcean.” Once she learned the meaning of the word, she was able to hear and feel the wind of the trees. Every day, Cho strolls around and thinks about and draws these small things. Cho is the author and illustrator of Ice Boy; I Have to Go Alone; Muscly Uncle and Fat Aunt; and Tooth Hunter.

 

4. About the Book

Firefly Goes Poo Poo Poo

Wind plus flower makes WindFlower

Cheek plus well makes CheekWell

Tree plus ocean makes TreeOcean

Hole plus store makes HoleStore

Korean has a lot of compound words—terms that are made by combining two words. Let’s study the way these compound words are made and learn their meanings.

 

Contents of the Book

A Hearty Picture Book about Authentic Korean Compound Words

There lived in the countryside a grandmother and grandfather, a granddaughter and grandson, and their puppy. One day, the puppy pooped. The grandson picked up the poop with a stick and threw it. The dog poop rolled and rolled. And pop! A firefly came out from the poop. Another time, they went to a stream to play. Wow! Next to the stream was a spread of bumpy turtle backs. The grandson went to bed angry and grouchy. Grandma and grandpa prepared a yummy persimmon for him. After waking up, the grandson gave a big smile, revealing dimples—or CheekWells—on both cheeks. Ah, it’s so hot outside! But the forests are cool, where the wind blows. Sway, sway, an ocean of trees spreads out in front of us. The kind grandparents, the mischievous grandchildren, and the cute dog’s lives are always fun and exciting. In their lives, our fun language is made! Meet our interesting and lively Korean compound words.

 

Intention of the Book

Let’s Learn the Way Words Are Made

Shall we take a look into words like ‘ddalgi’ (strawberry) and ‘kimbap’ (Korean sushi)? Both food words are pure Korean. When you separate ‘ddal’ and ‘gi’ into two parts, both parts lose their meaning. However, ‘kim’ and ‘bap’ can be split up and retain separate, independent meanings. Like this, our language is made up of breakable and non-breakable words. This book shows how words that cannot be broken can be combined to form new, breakable words through stories. Reading the stories with contextual scenes describing each word, children will be able to familiarize themselves with these compound words.

 

Let’s Guess the Meaning of a Word

When you break a breakable word, you can generally guess its meaning. A ‘doldari’ (stone bridge) can be split into ‘dol’ (stone) and ‘dari’ (bridge), meaning a bridge made of stones. ‘Jamot’ (pajamas) can be split into ‘jam’ (sleep) and ‘ot’ (clothes), meaning clothes that you sleep in.
Unbreakable words are mostly words we are very familiar with. Duggubi (toad), ssirum (wrestling), banul (needle), bap (steamed rice), namu (tree), bada (ocean), nunmul (tears), danji (jar)—all of which are very basic words. However, portmanteaux of those words—duggubissirum (ToadWrestle: a never-ending fight); banulbap (NeedleRice: leftover scraps of string); namubada (TreeOcean: a seemingly never-ending forest of trees), and nunmuldanji (TearJar: a person who cries easily) are unfamiliar and new. Therefore, it is difficult to guess their meanings. In order to find the meaning of these words, you need to split them and see the meaning of each part and the way the two meanings combine to form something greater than the parts. This book explains the meaning of breakable compound words through folk tale-like stories.
At first it may seem unfamiliar, but when you split a word into parts and think of the way that the parts are combined with stories and pictures, you will be amazed at the novelty of the new compound word. In the back of the book, there is a glossary with all of the breakable and non-breakable words that are introduced in the book. Like a dictionary, it will help you teach yourself the meanings of those words. Learning authentic Korean words and expressions, you will realize the beauty of Korean language once again.

 

Let’s Imagine Stories behind the Words

Illustrator Won-Hee Cho brings the words of the Korean language to life with her extraordinarily novel and warm images. The movements and expressions of the characters are filled with humor and wit. The artist’s free and playful imagination is well expressed in the image of the dog poop stuck to a branch and thrown away, and the illustration of the trees joining hands and running off to the ocean.
Thanks to the free imagination of the artist, the border between fantasy and reality is blurred. We can become friends with the frog who snatched away the water marbles, or see the toad’s fight in the fights of our friends. The sight of the duck, which stole the pancake and feigned innocence, can be silly or even annoying, but we cannot but pleasantly laugh at the sight of him waddling away in an attempt to flee.
With distant views and close-ups, Cho’s illustrations represent the hidden meanings of the words vividly. Bright and warm colors with crayon outlines beautifully enhance the Korean words, making the reading of this book more fun and enjoyable.

 

 

Pongpongi’s Heart

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1. Publication Details

Imprint | A Thousand Hopes

Title | Pongpongi’s Heart

Author | Kim Seong-eun

Illustrator | Jo Mi-ja

Format | 200*220

Binding | Paperback

Pages | 36pages

ISBN | 979-11-87287-40-7

 

2. Contact

Name | Kim Ji-yeon

Phone | +82-31-955-5242

Email | jiyeony12@hanmail.net

URL | http://blog.naver.com/athousandhope

 

3. Selling Points

Target Readers | Toddlers

Media Reviews & Advertisement Copy |

The piglet Pongpongi leaves to explore the world.

What kind of world will Pongpongi encounter?

The world shines splendidly and flutters in dance.

It is clear as the sound of a bell and soft as a mother.

Sometimes it is a lonely place, but it is also a playful and precious friend.

A picture book for children taking their first step in this world.

 

4. About the Author / Illustrator

Author: Kim, Seong-eun

My job is to plan and write children’s books. I wrote Magpie and Sodam’s Riddle Game; A Monster at the Dentist; What Should I Say? and Picture Book about Our Land and Song. My inspiration for this book came from a children’s poem entitled My Heart, written by poet Kim, Yong-taek, which touched me deeply with the phrase “give your heart (to someone).” No matter how much we give our heart, it does not shrink or disappear. I hope we can all live peacefully and share our hearts and feelings with others to our heart’s content.

 

Illustrator: Jo, Mi-ja

I majored in Painting at Hongik University, and now I am a children’s book illustrator. I try to draw pictures that children can relate to, using fresh colors and free lines. I have drawn illustrations for many children’s books, including Baby Octopus; My Mom Is So…; Come to Our Front Yard; and One Hour to Save the Earth. I wrote and illustrated A for Apple; Spider Climbing Up the Web; Rustling Breeze; I Like Flowers; Bubble Bubble; and I Didn’t Wet the Bed.

 

5. About the Book

▣ The Story

■ The piglet Pongpongi explores the world.

One sunny day, the baby pig Pongpongi leaves to see the world. Pongpongi is amazed by the flowers by the roadside, the dancing butterfly, the singing bird, the lonely fish, the soft drizzle, the climbing spider, the clouds in the sky, and the crescent moon lighting the night. Pongpongi gave his heart each time he met the world. Alas! Pongpongi has given all his heart away. But it’s okay. No matter how much of his heart he gives, it never shrinks or disappears. His heart is soon full again. This is a beautiful picture book, created with the wish that children explore and enjoy the world with all their hearts.

 

▣ Intention Behind the Writing of This Book

■ A first picture book for a child taking her first step in this world

The moment a baby takes her first step, everything about the world seems new. There isn’t a thing that is not interesting, and the baby is curious about everything. The child touches, tastes and listens to the things she meets for the first time in the world. And they take her heart away. Just like they do to the baby pig Pongpongi in this book.
Pongpongi leaves to explore the world for the first time. He takes his first step by himself, with strong support from his mother. Pongpongi explores the wide world and clicks with it not via the abstract experiences his mother shares with him, but by personally experiencing the world for himself. He then realizes, “The world is really amazing!”
Pongpongi grows after his exploration of this big world. Based on his various experiences, Pongpongi will now grow healthy and big. This is a picture book for children who experience the world, fuel their curiosity and learn everything for the first time, one by one.

 

■ What does it mean to give one’s heart?

To give your heart is to completely fall for something you’ve met in this world. In other words, to be immersed in it, to play with it and enjoy it. To be drunk in the scent of a flower, to dance along with a butterfly, to sing with a bird, just playing with the friends that he meets in this world—that is what giving one’s heart is to Pongpongi.
He looked up after playing all day and saw the sky colored by the setting sun. Only then does Pongpongi return to his mother’s house. On his way home, he thanks the crescent moon that lights his way, giving every last bit of his heart. He enjoyed the day with all his heart and without any regrets.
But suddenly, Pongpongi is worried after a day well spent.
He feels like he has given away all his heart, and that his heart has disappeared. But there’s nothing to worry about. A heart is like a spring of water, which continues to bubble up. So, all you have to do is do your best to enjoy and seize every moment. With the worries of his heart quelled, Pongpongi comfortably falls asleep feeling tired in a healthy way—and looking forward to exploring a new world the next day.

 

■ An adorable piglet, Pongpongi, portrayed in watercolors

The baby pig Pongpongi is a lovely baby, painted in an apricot hue. A mole that has just woken from his sleep is the little brother who accompanies Pongpongi in his exploration of the world.
The illustrator Jo Mi-ja depicted Pongpongi’s adventures in this world with watercolors and a light pen. The landscape of the big world that Pongpongi explores spreads out in a vast and welcoming atmosphere, moving the reader. In particular, the free pen lines vividly convey the excitement and thrill that Pongpongi feels as he meets the world.
This book is also interesting because of the onomatopoeia that bounces and gives a certain rhythm to the reading experience. “The heart never shrinks or disappears no matter how much of it you give, so I wish everyone can generously give and receive their hearts and live peacefully.” Echoing the intentions of the writer, Kim Seong-eun, this book’s words deliver a positive perspective and a healthy attitude toward the world.

 

 

I Was Dishonest Again Today

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1. Publication Details

Imprint | Sigongsa Co., Ltd

Title | I Was Dishonest Again Today

Author | Jato

Illustrator | Jato

Format | 130*190

Binding | Paperback

Pages | 216pages

ISBN | 978-89-5277-699-0

 

2. Contact

Name | Sunju Jung

Phone | +82-2-2046-2895

Email | alliswell1224@sigongsa.com

URL | http://www.sigongsa.com

 

3. Selling Points

Awards, Recommendations, and Selections | Awarded 2016 Kakao Brunch Book Project

Subject| An illustrated essay book by Jato, who wants to share her 10 years of life as a single woman and 5 years of life as a company employee

Target Readers| Employees and singles

Media Reviews & Advertisement Copy | An essay book that reads like a nice treat with a beer after work, restoring our minds exhausted from the daily grind!

 

4. About the Author / Illustrator

Jato, whose real name is Ha Ji-na, was born in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province in 1988. She came to Seoul for university and has lived a single life for ten years. She studied hotel management and started her job at a hotel casino, but grew disappointed and felt empty at work. To overcome the stress, she started to upload her daily life in the form of a journal titled “Jato’s Journal of Trifles from Her Single Life” at the Brunch Book Project hosted by Kakao Corporation. She was awarded the Silver Prize for her journal, which led to her career as a writer. She is now active at the site Brunch, enjoying the support of her readers.
brunch.co.kr/@aou

www.instagram.com/jato_illust/

 

5. About the Book

An essay book that reads like a nice treat with a beer after work, restoring our minds exhausted from the daily grind!

There are days when we need a special treat. Not the usual lunch box, but something special: when you are, unexpectedly, burdened with blame for problems on a work project; when the weekend, so ardently awaited, is covered with dust from an unexpected duststorm; when you are bombed with a big utility bill; even when you stub your little toe on the edge of a table leg in the morning while preparing for work. Living a single life and working a job, you encounter many situations each day that disturb your peace of mind.
I Was Dishonest Again Today is an essay book that reads like a special treat for employees and singles whose daily life feels like being forcefed. On days when you feel like you have been hit in a vulnerable spot by things that are usually harmless, Jato pats you on the back and says:
“What’s so hard about happiness? Having a beer after cleaning up a mess is the happiest moment of the day.”
Some say that comfort and sympathy cannot be ultimate solutions to problems. Perhaps, but “trivial happiness” is what helps us stand up again at the end of the day: the sunset over the Han River after work; a baby’s smile in the subway train; and the chicken and beer at night, these simple things are enough to cheer us up. How about shouting, “All right, if I can’t ignore this difficult world, I’ll enjoy this moment,” with this special treat in front of us, when we feel burdened by life?
I Was Dishonest Again Today is an illustrated essay book by Jato, who wants to share episodes from her 10 years of single life and 5 years of company life. This book was put together as Jato’s Journal of Trifles from Her Single Life, which was awarded the Silver Prize at the Brunch Book Project hosted by Kakao Corporation. When the journal was posted in installments on-line, it gained a lot of comments by people responding with enthusiastic agreement as it pointed out, sharply and wittily, daily situations where we are forced to be “dishonest,” such as: having to join the work get-together suddenly announced just before knocking-off time; having no time to wash yours clothes because of working overtime; not being able to state a different opinion when colleagues talk behind the boss’s back; not even being able to write your own journal honestly for fear of what others might think. Young people responded enthusiastically because “Jato’s trifle problems now seem so normal to all of us.”
Because of the enthusiastic response of people in their 20s and 30s, several publishers wanted to publish the journal even before it got the award in the Kakao Brunch Book Project. I Was Dishonest Again Today, now published as a book to the great anticipation of readers, includes more material than the episodes on the website.

 

 

Keeping My Backpack Safe

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1. Publication Details

Imprint | A Thousand Hopes

Title | Keeping My Backpack Safe

Author | Shin Sun-jae

Illustrator | Ahn Eun-jin

Format | 210*245

Binding | Hardcover

Pages | 44pages

ISBN | 979-11-87287-25-4

 

2. Contact

Name | Kim Ji-yeon

Phone | +82-31-955-5242

Email | jiyeony12@hanmail.net

URL | http://blog.naver.com/athousandhope

 

3. About the Author / Illustrator

Author: Shin Sun-jae

After studying philosophy in college, Shin Sun-jae studied creative writing in graduate school and started writing children’s books. She wrote Keeping My Backpack Safe to encourage young children who are entering the new world called school for the first time and experiencing new challenges every day. Shin has also written Don’t Want to Be Angry, Here Comes the Three Musketeers, and Who Would Like to Eat with Me? She is also the writer of Earthworm Grandpa, Watchmen of the Night, The Toad with Three Legs and a Golden Coin, and I Like You.

 

Illustrator: Ahn Eun-jin

Ahn Eun-jin was born in Seoul and studied painting in college. She received a special award from the Grand Art Exhibition of Korea in 1994, and she has also held her own exhibitions of her paintings and print engravings. After she had children, she became interested in children’s books. She studied illustration at Kingston University in London, and after finishing the program, she began working as an illustrator. She worked on this book by drawing from her own experiences of raising her children through school. The books she has illustrated include I Am My Own Master, The Eco Passage, Wurina the Alligator, What Does It Mean to Think? and You Can Run, Jump.

 

4. About the Book

Junsu is a first grader, and he comes home only to realize that he lost his pencil case again. The next day he loses his school planner, and the following day, he loses his shoe bag. And finally, he comes home without his backpack. As he continues to lose his things, his twin sisters tease him, and he also begins to feel inadequate. To help him out, Junsu’s dad tells him a special tip about how not to lose his things. His dad also tells him that this tip worked wonderfully for a boy who used to lose his things just like Junsu. With his dad’s help, Junsu finally learns not to lose his things, not to mention discovering his own way of keeping his things. Read about Junsu’s adventure as he learns to become independent for the first time as a first grader.
When children finish preschool and become students at school for the first time, one of the first things they have to learn is to pack their own bag without help from their teacher. They must learn to become responsible and independent. But like with everything that people do for the first time, they make mistakes and often lose their things. It’s because they still rely on grown-ups to help them out, and because they do not feel responsible for their own possessions. Junsu is one of these boys. He loses his pencil case several times, and every day he comes home missing his things, such as his school planner, his shoe bag, and even his school bag. When he loses something for the first time, his family thinks it’s a simple mistake, but when he keeps on losing his things, he gets teased by his family. So Junsu comes up with ways not to lose his school things again.

 

Method Number One: The ultra-sticky name tags

Method Number Two: The ultra-strong string to the rescue!

Method Number Three: Go back to school and find my things with ultra-sharp eyes like a hawk!

Method Number Four: Put your ultra-important treasure in your bag

 

When you start school, you learn to overcome your mistakes like Junsu and become more responsible for yourself. To help you learn more about responsibility, the book also includes tips from a teacher at the end of the story.
In the story, Junsu brings his beetles to school in his bag. The girls in his class scream and say that Junsu brought something creepy to school, but Junsu’s friend, Yeonjun, sticks up for Junsu. Yeonjun explains to their teacher that the beetles are Junsu’s treasure. From that day on, Yeonjun and Junsu become best buddies who play soccer together after school. And Junsu learns a new way not to lose his things: putting his backpack next to Yeonjun’s. While playing soccer with his best friend, Junsu keeps his things next to his friend’s, and there is no way he will lose this backpack or any of his school things.
The fact that you have a good friend means you have grown up very much. You can talk about your problems with your friend, listen to your friend’s problems, learn to play together, and solve problems together. As you learn to become more responsible for your actions, you will also learn to value friendship.
To highlight Junsu and his emotional development throughout the story, the illustrations draw the reader’s attention to the characters placed on a simple background. To help readers relate to the story, Junsu’s school things are drawn with realistic detail. Also, as Junsu keeps coming home only to realize that he has lost his school things, the illustrations repeat the scene, and rather than showing Junsu’s feelings of frustration or disappointment over his failures, the illustrations focus more on Junsu’s willingness and his creative ideas to overcome his hurdles.

 

 

Workplace Psychology

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1. Publication Details

Imprint | Sigongsa Co., Ltd

Title | Workplace Psychology

Author | Beom-sang Jo

Format | 153*224

Binding | Paperback

Pages | 248pages

ISBN | 978-89-5277-709-6

 

2. Contact

Name | Sunju Jung

Phone | +82-2-2046-2895

Email | alliswell1224@sigongsa.com

URL | http://www.sigongsa.com

 

3. Selling Points

Copies Printed, Sales Rank | A revised and enlarged edition of the 2013 book Why Do I Have More Difficulties with People than with Work?

Subject | A psychology of human relationships to make one feel comfortable at work

Target Readers | Employees

Media Reviews & Advertisement Copy | How much longer can I put up with these people? Psychological skills to make good relationships with a little effort

 

4. About the Author

Beom-sang Jo, who considers himself “a mismatched employee like many others,” studied psychology at Korea University, where he also got a Master’s degree in institutional and organizational psychology. He is working now as a research fellow in the Research Team of Personnel Organization at the LG Research Institute of Economy. He undertakes research on various organizational phenomena, analyzing them from psychological perspectives, to help employees as well as employers. Based on his research, he carries out consulting projects on personnel and organization skills for various companies.
Especially interested in the behavior and psychology of people in a group, he focuses on “people” as the cause of most of their own stresses and hurts. In doing his research, he found out that the stress caused by people not only harms the work process itself, but also the health of those involved. This led him to work on the characteristics of human relationships within a company and on the solutions. As a result, he came to the conclusion that the types of boss, colleagues, and subordinates have to be dealt with separately with different tools, and that, based on this, the rules of relationships have to be made anew.
It is often said, “people are the problem,” but this author emphasizes that “people come first” in the end, to make people happy and the organization’s future bright.
He has previously published Framework of a Team Leader’s Psychology and A Happy Employee Achieves More.

 

5. About the Book

# Answer these Questions.

□ I feel that human relationships are harder than the work itself.

□ There is more than one person at work that I don’t like.

□ I often work overtime due to pressure from my boss.

□ I cannot express my opinions openly at meetings.

□ I sometimes want to spend lunch time alone.

□ I sometimes feel really upset because of some people.

□ I want to get my own back at colleagues or subordinates who look down on me.

 

If you checked more than three of the questions above, you should read this book. You should read it twice.

 

Psychological skills to make good relationships with a little effort

“When I wake up in the morning and realize that I have to go to work, I don’t want to open my eyes.”
“I want to quit my job but can’t, because I don’t have any other choice.”
Maybe it is not a new phenomenon, but there are a lot of people today who don’t want to work as a company employee. As statistics show, the percentage of new employees who quit their first job has increased every year, and the number of years a person stays in one job is getting shorter. What people say is mostly similar:
“The work itself is hard, but people are harder to deal with. I cannot stand some of them.”
Workplace Psychology is written for these people. The author focuses on the relationships among co-workers and higher-ups, people with whom one spends more time daily than with family, friends, or lovers, and from whom one can receive more pain. But there is not much opportunity one can find to talk about the problem openly.
There have been similar books focusing on this theme, but the difference is that those books tried to find solutions through one fixed tool, while Workplace Psychology offers totally different analytical perspectives by focusing on the characteristics of the relationship and its dynamics. The author, an expert in organizational psychology, asserts that the character types of people alone cannot solve the conflicts among members of a group. He says that the types have to be more differentiated: according to leadership types in the case of bosses, to character types in the case of colleagues, and to the work types in case of subordinates.
Upon reading this book, readers will realize that no one is impossible to deal with, and there is no one who one has to give up on. A must-read for those who are tired of people at work.

 

 


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