Super Korean New Years with Grandma - Couverture souple

Kim, Mary Chi-Whi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 163607040X ISBN 13 : 9781636070407

Editeur : CALEC, 2025

Synopsis

Written and illustrated for 5- to 7-year-olds, this book celebrates grandmas, superheroes without whom none of us would exist, and the cultural traditions they bear that unify and nourish families across space and time. The millennia-old Korean New Year's tradition exemplifies the universal importance of multi-generational family and of immigrant origins.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Mary Chi-Whi Kim is a mother of two beautiful Afro-Asian children and a writer and educator who lives in Savannah, Georgia. Her essays, stories, and poems have featured in The New York Times Magazine, NPR's Snap Judgment, The Heartlands Today, Calliope, Calyx, Primavera, Many Mountains Moving, Margie, Women's Arts Quarterly, and Literary Mama. She won two poem commissions from the Multicultural Center of The Ohio State University from which she earned a BA and MA in English Literature. Also gaining an MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University, she garnered publication for her poetry chapbook, Silken Purse, from Pudding House Press. Her multi-genre creative writing/self-help book dedicated to survivors of childhood sexual assault, Karma Suture, garnered an Honorable Mention in the Writers' Digest International Self-Published Books Contest. Committing two decades to the field of education, she has taught multicultural English literature and creative writing at the Seoul Language Institute, The Ohio State University, and Savannah College of Art and Design.

Eunjoo is an illustrator and graphic designer who receive her degree from School of Visual Arts in NYC. A firm believer in life-long learning, she continued with her education at the Center for Book Arts, SVA Continuing Education, Cooper Union Continuing Education. The Lower Eastside Printshop as well as attending a bookbinding workshop in Czech Republic. She has been published in many different publications such as Calyx, Crone, a. magazine, Kidsart, United Nations, McGraw-Hill Publishing, JK Lasser Publishing. Eunjoo has also worked for many individual clients creating logos, layouts, designs and illustrations. She has also donated her skills, time and money to various charities that empower girls and women. Many years ago, she lived at an elephant village working as an art teacher for the elephants. After having children of her own, she co-founded a Korean preschool with a friend. She lives in NY with her children, husband and an elderly black cat.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CALEC
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 163607040X
• ISBN 13: 9781636070407
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Feaster Eunjoo
• Nombre de pages: 26
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Buchpark GmbH; https://www.buchpark.de; ; Krügerweg 1; Trebbin; Brandenburg; 14959; Allemagne