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Children's Fiction Asian

Moon Pops

by (author) Heena Baek

translated by Jieun Kiaer

Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc.
Initial publish date
Aug 2021
Category
Asian, Imagination & Play, Adaptations, Bedtime & Dreams
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781771474290
    Publish Date
    Aug 2021
    List Price
    $19.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 3 to 7
  • Grade: 1 to 12

Description

A witty, weird, and wonderful spin on a classic Korean folktale, the first book to be published in English by internationally acclaimed Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winner Heena Baek
One sweltering summer night, while the many residents of one apartment building are struggling to fall asleep, the moon begins to melt. Granny hears it dripping and runs out to catch the moon drops in a bucket. At first unsure what do with the drops, she is soon inspired to turn them into popsicles—moon pops!—to help cool down her neighbors.
But as everyone drifts off to sleep, a new problem arises. The fabled rabbits who, according to folklore live on the moon, have lost their home! With the last of the moon drops, Granny grows a new moon from the potted plant in her window. As the moon ascends to the starry sky above, the rabbits return to their home, and Granny returns to her bed.
Illustrated in otherworldly mixed-media 3D shoebox dioramas that use unique and exquisite collage art, this quirky and colorful picture book spins a new story from the common East Asian fable of the rabbit in the moon.

About the authors

HEENA BAEK is an internationally acclaimed Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award winning creator. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and studied education technology at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, and animation at the California Institute of the Arts in Santa Clarita, California. After working in advertising and multimedia for children, she began to create her own picture books when her daughter was born. Baek has won multiple awards for her work, both in South Korea and internationally. She lives in Seoul.

 

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Awards

  • Commended, A Junior Library Guild Selection