Global Story Box: South Korea Book Synopsis
Bee-Bim Bop! Park, Linda Sue (2005). Illustrated by Lee, Ho Baek. NY: Clarion. ISB: 9780618265114.
A young girl, eager for a favorite meal, helps her mother with shopping, food preparation, and table setting. Presented in rhyming verse with illustrations containing details of Korean homes. Bee-bim bop is a traditional Korean dish of rice with meat and vegetables.
The Green Frogs: A Korean Folktale Retold. Heo, Y. (1996). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN: 9780618432288.
Like rebellious children, the green frogs in this Korean folktale love to disobey their mother. Whatever she asks them to do, they do the opposite . . . until their bad habit lands them in trouble.
K is for Korea. Cheung, Hyechong & Das, Prodeepta (2011). London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN: 9781845077891.
A photographic introduction to Korea, featuring brief descriptions of people, places, customs, and other aspects of city and country life in Korea, arranged alphabetically from Arirang to Lacquerware.
King’s Secret: The Legend of King Sejong. Farley, C., & illustrated Cooper, F. (1995). New York: Lee & Shepard Books. ISBN: 9780688127763.
Set in Korea in the mid-1400s, this tale takes place during the reign of real-life King Sejong, who is credited with the creation of Korea's hanguel alphabet. In this fictional account, the compassionate king is inspired to create a simple system of writing to replace the complex Chinese method after a young boy expresses a desire to learn to read and write.
Minji’s Salon. Choung, Eun-hee (2008). La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller. ISBN: 9781933605678.
Translated from Korean.A little girl pretends to run a beauty salon with her dog, dressing it up and dying its fur, while her mother is away getting her hair done.
My First Book of KoreanWords. Kudela, Katy (2011). North Mankato, MN: Captstone. ISBN: 9781429661652.
An introduction to Korean, featuring two-page color photographs, each on a different theme, with objects labeled in Korean and English, covering family, clothes, food, garden, classroom, and other topics.
Something for School. Lee, Hyun Young(2008). La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller. ISBN: 978-1933605852.
Translated from Korean.Yoon, upset when she is mistaken for a boy on her first day of kindergarten, searches for a way to make sure it does not happen again.
Sori’s Harvest Moon Day: A Story of Korea. Lee, Uk-Bae (1999). Norwark, CT: Sound Prints. ISBN: 156899687X.
As she travels from the city to her grandmother's village, a young girl looks forward to her family's celebration of Chu-Suk, the harvest moon festival.
Waiting for Mama. Lee, T. J. (2007). North-South. ISBN: 9780735821439..
Bilingual. Colorful illustrations and simple text written in both English and Korean tell a story of a small boy who patiently waits at the streetcar station for his mother.
While We Were Out. Lee, H. B. (2003). La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller. ISBN: 9781929132447.
Translated from Korean.An open patio door gives a pet rabbit who lives outside a once-in-a-lifetime chance to explore the apartment while the family's away--which she does, thinking she's left no trace of her adventure.
Artifacts: Chopsticks and Korean toy