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Where's Halmoni?
Where's Halmoni? | Julie Kim
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Where's Halmoni?ais a beautifully illustrated, adventure-filled picture book in a graphic novel style, which follows the story of a young Korean girl and boy whose search for their missing grandmother leads them into a world inspired by Korean folklore, filled with mischievous goblins (dokkebi), a greedy tiger, a clever rabbit, and a wily fox. a Two young children pay a visit to Halmoni (grandmotherain Korean), only to discover she's not home. As they search for her, noticing animal tracks covering the floor, they discoveraaapair of traditional Korean doors, slightly ajar, new to their grandmother's home. Their curiosity gets the best of them,aand the adventure begins whenathey crawl through and discover an unfamiliar, fantastical world. As they continue to search for their grandmother and solve the mystery of the tracks, they go deeper intoatheaworld of Korean folkloreaandaexperienceatheir cultural heritageain unexpected ways, meeting a number ofaKorean-speakingacharacters along the way. a This beautifully illustrated graphic picture book is filled with a number of Easter eggs for readers of all ages to discover, and is inspired by the folktales author and illustrator Julie Kim heard growing up in Korea and after she moved as a child with her family to the United States. Translations to Korean text in the story and more about the folktale-inspired characters are included at the end.
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Soytoosaucy
Where's Halmoni? | Julie Kim
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So my sons are mixed with Korean, Cambodian, and Viet. I have been on a search to get children‘s books for them that reflect their Korean heritage and I was so amazed by this beautiful book! Halmoni means grandma in Korean. The illustrations and story are so cute! I recommend to anybody & ALL kids (just to learn about different cultures are so fun too). I‘m so happy there are more diverse children‘s books out! ♥️ #cutebabyfeet 😊

Yuki_Onna That looks lovely! It's on my to read wishlist (never mind it's a children's book. 😄)
Let's see whether I can get my hands on it sometime.
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Soytoosaucy @Yuki_Onna 🤣I love when my boys choose it, because I love it myself! 😄 I found mine on Amazon.🤞🏻 4y
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This fantastic book came into the library today! Two children go to visit their halmoni (grandmother) only to find she's not home. A fantastical journey through a new cupboard takes them to see many creatures from Korean folklore, only to find halmoni back at home. The book seamlessly integrates Korean culture and language for those familiar and unfamiliar, and end papers provide hints to the grandmother's journey.

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