A Hundred Seeds and A Mouse
• Original title : 백 개의 꽃씨와 쥐
• Price : 15,000KRW
• Product Dimensions :
252*187, 48pages
• Publication Date : 2023-10-10
• ISBN : 9791169811613
Book Information & Summary
Illustrated and written by Lee Bom
The dandelion garden owned by a dog is famous for its beauty. A mouse who admires the beauty of the garden visits the dog’s garden. One day at a silent night, the mouse stole a dandelion flower. The mouse felt so happy to own such a beautiful dandelion himself, but then, he felt sorry for the dog. As time went by, the mouse couldn’t stand his guilt, so he decided to give the dandelion back to the dog. Along with the sincerity of the mouse who genuinely apologized, the most beautiful dandelion in the world blossomed. The book, ‘A Hundred Seeds and A Mouse’, is about the mouse who reflected himself on his wrongdoing out of tiny greed and shared his feelings with others in a calm but strong way. The simple white toned illustrations also make readers realize the innocence and warmth while reading.
Simple greed as much as a dandelion flower
Precious sincerity contained in a hundred flower seeds.
A small white mouse admired a big yellow dandelion blossomed in the dog’s garden. His heart was captivated by the dandelion, so he could not give up looking at those flowers and furthermore, he began longing for the flower. Therefore, he stole the dandelion flower secretly. However, the beautiful dandelion turned white over the night. Then, the mouse began worrying whether the dog’s garden would be alright, instead of just feeling sorry for his white dandelion. When he secretly visited the garden, he saw the dog crying out loud in the middle of the garden with only flower stalks remained, and all the seeds had gone flying. The mouse stared at the white dandelions and started acting with guilty feeling.
The book, A Hundred Seeds, and A Mouse’, is the story about the mouse who wanted to apologize and compensate in a beautiful way. Readers will be able to feel true feelings of the mouse who gave up everything and sacrifice himself for the dog while preparing a hundred flower seeds. As if responding to the sincerity of the mouse, the hundred flowers began blooming out of the seeds.
The comfortable world created by neat collage
This picture book is created by careful collage technique as much as the mouse has prepared a hundred seeds. The writer used minimal expression getting along with short and simple storyline, and also mixed illustrations with simple direction. Furthermore, she described the tiny mouse in detail, created the shape of flying seeds, and lightly painted things with watercolor and crayons. The white empty space and cubic elements have well balanced each other, so that the world of the mouse is comfortably completed with a hundred seeds. This book is like a gift for readers to let them smile while turning over pages with illustrations described with calm and detailed touch.
The dandelion garden owned by a dog is famous for its beauty. A mouse who admires the beauty of the garden visits the dog’s garden. One day at a silent night, the mouse stole a dandelion flower. The mouse felt so happy to own such a beautiful dandelion himself, but then, he felt sorry for the dog. As time went by, the mouse couldn’t stand his guilt, so he decided to give the dandelion back to the dog. Along with the sincerity of the mouse who genuinely apologized, the most beautiful dandelion in the world blossomed. The book, ‘A Hundred Seeds and A Mouse’, is about the mouse who reflected himself on his wrongdoing out of tiny greed and shared his feelings with others in a calm but strong way. The simple white toned illustrations also make readers realize the innocence and warmth while reading.
Simple greed as much as a dandelion flower
Precious sincerity contained in a hundred flower seeds.
A small white mouse admired a big yellow dandelion blossomed in the dog’s garden. His heart was captivated by the dandelion, so he could not give up looking at those flowers and furthermore, he began longing for the flower. Therefore, he stole the dandelion flower secretly. However, the beautiful dandelion turned white over the night. Then, the mouse began worrying whether the dog’s garden would be alright, instead of just feeling sorry for his white dandelion. When he secretly visited the garden, he saw the dog crying out loud in the middle of the garden with only flower stalks remained, and all the seeds had gone flying. The mouse stared at the white dandelions and started acting with guilty feeling.
The book, A Hundred Seeds, and A Mouse’, is the story about the mouse who wanted to apologize and compensate in a beautiful way. Readers will be able to feel true feelings of the mouse who gave up everything and sacrifice himself for the dog while preparing a hundred flower seeds. As if responding to the sincerity of the mouse, the hundred flowers began blooming out of the seeds.
The comfortable world created by neat collage
This picture book is created by careful collage technique as much as the mouse has prepared a hundred seeds. The writer used minimal expression getting along with short and simple storyline, and also mixed illustrations with simple direction. Furthermore, she described the tiny mouse in detail, created the shape of flying seeds, and lightly painted things with watercolor and crayons. The white empty space and cubic elements have well balanced each other, so that the world of the mouse is comfortably completed with a hundred seeds. This book is like a gift for readers to let them smile while turning over pages with illustrations described with calm and detailed touch.
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