VOL.69/2024.04

South Korea Book Exports

Time Blossom and Magic Cafe That Cooks Dreams sold abroad

2017.11.01

In this month's issue, we gladly announce two South Korean books have been successfully sold abroad. The first would be time blossom, a heart-warming story for adolescent girls going through physical and psychological changes during puberty. The second is Magic Cafe That Cooks Dreams, a fairy tale on self-development that can plant hope and courage into children and teenagers who have unlimited potential.

Kyung-sun Lee's Time Blossom Sold Into France

Cover art for Time Blossom: Girl into Woman

Kyung-sun Lee is a design professor at Hankyong National University in South Korea and her book for adolescent girls Time Blossom was sold at the Frankfurt international book fair in Germany to be translated into French. The book is a beautiful piece of work with the subtitle, 'Girl into Woman' and is the perfect gift for girls reaching puberty from their older sisters or their mothers. The book was created in order to help girls naturally accept their changing bodies and minds while boosting their self-esteem during puberty, when they can become emotionally confused or lost due to many physical and psychological changes.

'What changes occur during puberty?' 'Why do these changes happen and how can we wisely respond to them?' 'What is beauty that teenage girls are most interested in?' The book addresses these questions and the answers are given in a friendly tone, as if from a sister. Lee has encouraged readers of this book to start their own journeys by looking back upon themselves and finding their dreams and unique characteristics through appealing illustrations and friendly messages. Before the book was sold into France, it had already been published in China and Vietnam.

Su-young Kim's Magic Cafe That Cooks Dreams Sold Into Indonesia

Cover art for Magic Cafe That Cooks Dreams

A fascinating and beautifully illustrated book, Magic Cafe That Cooks Dreams is a great and perfect work of fiction for children and young adults who have dreams for their better futures. Bestselling author of Write Your Dreams, Write Your Future, Su-young Kim is a motivational speaker, content producer, musician and a dreamer. She has pursued over 70 goals across 80 countries such as building a house for her parents, climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro and Everest and becoming a best-selling author.

In 2011, she traveled through Europe, the Middle East and Asia to collect 365 dreams over a course of 365 days. Kim continues to inspire people to dream and to realize their dreams through her books, speech and so on. This book is a story the author tells young readers about her dreams and shares with readers all over the world.

Written by Joseph Lee, President of KL Management