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Cover for The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky featuring an illustration of a boy who is swimming and breaching from the perspective that you are deep in the water underneath them.

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky

Kim Jihyun

The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky. Kim Jihyun. Floris Books, 2021. First published in South Korea as Last Summer by Woongjin Thinkbig Co. Ltd, Seoul, in 2017. First published in English by Floris Books, Edinburgh in 2021, and in the US in 2022. ISBN 9781782507420. 48 p. (Ages 4-7). Picture book.

Cover for I am the Subway featuring an illustration of the inside of a subway car with people sitting along the sides and a few people holding hand holds an standing. The middle pathway of the car is green and the rest is a yellow beige. The title is displayed in dusty royal blue and the left side of the book has a similarly blue border.

I Am the Subway

Kim Hyo-eun

Deborah Smith (Translator)

I Am the Subway. Kim Hyo-eun. Translated by Deborah Smith. Scribble US, 2021. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9781950354658. 52 p. (Ages 3-10). Picture book.

Cover for Moon Pops featuring a photograph of an illustration of pencil drawn animals holding yellow lamps that are physically lit up. The background is a dark grey blue.

Moon Pops

Baek Heena

Jieun Kiaer (Translator)

Moon Pops. Baek Heena. Translated by Jieun Kiaer. Owlkids Books, 2021. Originally published as Dal Sha-bet in Korean by Bear Books, Inc. ISBN 9781771474290. 36 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

Cover for The Moon Tonight featuring a hazy yellow beige illustration of an older person and a child biking along the banks of a river in a city atmosphere with a large waxing crescent moon above the skyline.

The Moon Tonight: Our Moon's Journey Around the Earth

Jung Chang-hoon

Paige Morris (Translator)

Jang Ho (Illustrator)

The Moon Tonight: Our Moon’s Journey Around the Earth. Jung Chang-hoon. Translated by Paige Morris. Illustrated by Jang Ho. Blue Dot Kids, 2023. Originally published in Korean by Woongjin Thinkbig Co. Ltd, Seoul, in 2007. ISBN 9781737603252. 36 p. (Ages 4-9). Picture book.

Cover for My GrandMom featuring a pencil or crayon illustration of a grandma, grandchild, and cat all doing the same joyful pose with their hands outstretched and their bodies in a C shape. There are fireworks drawn around and behind them.

My GrandMom

Gee-eun Lee

Sophie Bowman (Translator)

My GrandMom. Gee-eun Lee. Translated by Sophie Bowman. Amazon Crossing Kids, 2022. Originally published as Halmeoni eomma in Korean by Woongjin Thinkbig Co. LTD, in South Korea, in 2016. ISBN 9781662508257. 40 p. (Ages 3-7). Picture book.

Cover for Pool featuring a pencil illustration of the face of a young girl with goggles and a swim cap on and fish are emerging from her goggles as if swimming through and from them. The background is a textured bluish white.

Pool

Lee JiHyeon

Pool. Lee JiHyeon. Chronicle Books, 2015. Originally published in Korean by Iyagikot Publishing Co, in South Korea, in 2013. ISBN 9781452142944. 56p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.

Cover for The Tailor Shop at the Intersection featuring a collage and illustrations depicting three smaller dog people sewing, ironing and cutting a brown suit which takes up the entire cover.

The Tailor Shop at the Intersection

Ahn Jaesun

Sora Kim-Russell (Translator)

The Tailor Shop at the Intersection. Ahn Jaesun. Translated by Sora Kim-Russell. Transit Books, 2023. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9781945492761. 48 p. (Ages 4 and up). Picture book.

Cover for The Three Water Drop Brothers featuring a collage of shapes illustrating a brontosaurus dinosaur among palm trees, fronds, and a volcano with clouds in the sky and three blue water droplets with faces on them falling from them. The background is red.

The Three Water Drop Brothers

Lee Eun-hee

Asuka Minamoto (Translator)

Yun Mi-sook (Illustrator)

The Three Water Drop Brothers. Lee Eun-hee. Translated by Asuka Minamoto. Illustrated by Yun Mi-sook. Enchanted Lion Books, 2021. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9781592703234. 40p. (Ages 4-8). Picture book.

Cover of Wave featuring an illustration of a young girl on the shore of a wavy beach with seagulls in the sky on a white background.

Wave

Suzy Lee

Wave. Suzy Lee. Chronicle Books, 2008. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 9780811859240. 44p. (Ages 1-99). Picture book.

Cover for When the Spring Comes to the DMZ featuring an illustration of a series of animal groups such as wild pig and birds in what appears to be a junkyard in the foreground and a child and their older relative walking together in the background.

When Spring Comes to the DMZ

Lee Uk-Bae

Chungyon Won and Aileen Won (Translators)

Lee Uk-Bae (Illustrator)

When Spring Comes to the DMZ. Lee Uk-Bae. Translated by Chungyon Won and Aileen Won. lllustrated by Lee Uk-Bae. Plough Publishing House, 2019. Originally published in Korean. ISBN 978-0874869729. 40p. (Ages 5-8). Picture book.

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