- Winner of the Best Cartoon for Children Award, Pucheon Cartoon Festival, 2005

“Read what the 120 keywords of contemporary high-tech science mean!”

A cartoon book that talks about scientific theories from stem cells, genetic treatment, virtual reality to bio terrorism. This book shows how high-tech is not only in SF movies and novels but is also incorporated into our daily life, and offers easy and clear explanations of complex scientific knowledge.

About the Author
HONG Seung-woo: Hong has been serializing the renowned comic strip titled Bibimtoon, featuring the everyday life of a typical Korean family, in a newspaper. He is popular for using a warm-hearted approach and friendly drawing style.
 

High-tech science issues hidden in children? adventure!

The world is rapidly changing! Nano technology cures cell diseases and robots are smarter than human beings. And a space station might be built on the moon. Join the children who explore the space cities to learn about the human genome map, smart matters and many other scientific phenomena! A page-turner for kids, this book will bring the young readers better understanding of the concepts and principles of high-tech science. Children naturally get to take interest in science through this book, which also stimulates their curiosity and desire for further research on new scientific technologies.

About the Author
LEE In-sik: One of Koreas major science writers. He has been in the specialized science journalism field for the past 20 years, contributing greatly to the countrys related publication sector.
 

“The vivid description will take you right back to ancient China!”

This is a graphic novel for children. Easy-to-read cartoon based upon The Romance of Three Kingdoms, the most widely read classic in East Asia. Very fun to read, this graphic novel is greatly enjoyed by kids as well as adults. What grasps the reader the most is the strong and passionate actions -- they say it is like watching an action movie. This series is based on renowned writer Hwang Sok-yong version which he spent seven years to complete in order to reflect the original literary power to the full. This comic book is for today’s children while retaining the literary value and intriguing details of the original Three Kingdoms saga.

About the Author
HWANG Sok-Yong: Born in 1943, He made his literary debut when he was in high school. He started to actively write novels after The Tower won an award given by a daily newspaper in 1970. Hwang emerged as one of the leading contemporary Korean writers with such masterpieces as Strange Land and Jang Gil-San. For The Shadow of Arms he received the Manhae Literary Award and Daesan Literary Award for The Guest. His works have been translated into many languages.

LEE Chung-Ho: Lee’s My Love and Ka-kung are regarded as the key players in the country comics boom that produced million-sellers. With these two back-to-back hit comics, Lee was called the most prominent cartoonist in the 1990s.
 

A childrens animated version of Salmon, a fairy tale for adults about the journey that salmons take back home to teach readers the precious value of ‘Me and My life’.

Silver Salmon wonders at the fact that salmons go back home despite countless obstacles only to lay eggs, and questions how laying eggs can be the only purpose of a salmon’s life. When he hears a story from Green River about his father, however, he comes to ponder on the meaning of what his father said, that there’s a path salmons must take. Finally, Silver Salmon arrives at the upper part of the river by leaping over the waterfall, instead of taking the convenient, manmade waterway. There, Silver Salmon lays eggs, together with Clear-Eyed Salmon, and
dies. With time, winter comes around, and little baby salmons are growing, waiting for spring to come, underneath the thick slab of ice.
 

Original Author: LEE Gyu-bo (1168~1241)
Lee is a poet who represents all poets of the Koryeo dynasty. He advocated distinctive writing rooted in history and reality, and opened a new literary path with writings that lived up to his advocacy.

Re-writing Author: CHO Ho-Sang
Cho began his career as a writer after publishing a poem for the Historical Literature Movement in 1989. His children’s books include Yeonorang and Seonyeo, Kids, Let’s Go Back in History, Stories of Wit and Humor, Wild Animal Rescue Unit, and Mulpure Mulpure Mulpure). He was given the 3rd Jeon Tae-il Literary Award and received the Ragazzi Award at the 2004 Bologna Children’s Book Fair, becoming internationally recognized.

Illustrator: CHO Hye-ran
Cho studied art at Hongik University. She has written and illustrated for Sparrow, and illustrated for many books, including Samulnori, Dung Storm, and Stream Water. She is currently serializing Grandma, Where Are You Going? in the children’s magazine, Gaeddong’s Playground.

About the Work
This book is a version of Dongmyeongwangpyeon, an epic poem on the establishment of the Goguryeo Kingdom, by Lee Gyu-bo, a Goryeo-era man from 800 years ago, rewritten so that even young readers can understand it. It contains the story of Jumong as told by Goguryeo people, just like what can be found in Gwanggaetowangreungbimun (Epitaph of King Gwanggaeto’s Tomb). In addition, it not only contains many historic records passed down from that time, including records from the Old Three Kingdoms History, whichno longer exists, but it even contains an abundance of legends that the people of the time knew. Cho Ho-sang has faithfully reproduced everything down to the inner meanings of these contents, without leaving out or editing any parts.
Haemosu rides a carriage, pulled by a dragon, down from the heavens and confronts the underwater people, turning successively into an otter, hawk, and coyote. Habaek contends with Haemosu and transforms into a carp, pheasant, and deer, to try and elude him. Yuhwa uses a pigeon to send barley seeds to Jumong and people who have come down from the heavens build the Goguryeo palace. In the end, Jumong becomes King Dongmyeong and rides a golden dragon sent from the heavens to return to the sky and the hometown of his father, Haemosu.
The diversity of the characters also transcends the standards of short stories that have been passed down to the present day. There is a variety of characters, including Gangryeokbuchu that ensnared Yuhwa with iron netting; Jaesa, Mugol, and Mukgeo that help Jumong along; Songyang, who matches his skill against Jumong for the fate of the land; Bubunno, who steals the drums and bugles of the Biryu Nation; the white deer that turns Biryu Nation into a sea of water with a single cry; and Jumong’s son, Yuri, who solves the riddle made by his father, "Pine tree atop the stone with seven ridges and seven valleys," and finds Jumong. Each character has a full story to go along with them.