Written and Illustrated by Jae Hee


My swimming begins with spreading bubbles in blue waves. I strongly or gently swim and then rush to the water waves full of people. And I also dive deeply into the water and swim backwards. What kinds of world would I meet if I keep swimming whatever way I want? In this book, the author has described a cool summer night when we all enjoy our favorite sports – swimming.

Happy and blue playground in the middle of the night
‘I love swimming.’ With this fresh confession, readers can meet the cool color of blue in this book. The main character, I, am wearing a yellow swimming cap. I gently play in the water waves alone, and also go ahead pacing with water waves following me. I rush into swimming among lots of people, but I also concentrate on myself at every moment. That is because the world here which looks like a swimming pool is my own world. The writer has colored blue to express happy time to focus on things I love. I am excited to expand my dream following good feeling. It is ok to be together and to be alone. It is ok not to be really good at doing what I love. In fact, I am not that good at swimming, but my love for swimming becomes a warm blanket and gives me sweet dreams. When the dream goes away, I feel proud of myself and excited with thin smile on my face.

Strong coolness stimulating five senses
Blue is the color that everyone likes. When we open up this book, we will be completely captivated by multiple kinds of blue colors and we will feel coolness with more diverse senses through many elements more than color itself. There are many related things with swimming – swimming movement, water drops, the lines and speed of moving water waves, and the sounds of paddling and fun shouting. Even at the moment when multiple senses reach their peak while the water creates white spray, readers can feel pleasant nervousness. The ringing sounds and cold feelings suddenly stop when the waves are passing. As if a child breathes while deeply asleep, the waves are also quietly moving, but don’t worry. We don’t have to be in a hurry and disappointed. Let’s feel endless fresh feelings after opening up all your senses. When we go back to the first page after feeling the blanket at the end of the book, we may touch the waves warmly surrounding the child.
Panorama of dream getting deeper while getting simpler
In this book, readers have to look down the illustrations. This composition is quite attractive making readers feel familiar and strange at the same time and making them glance the whole picture in a look. Therefore, the swimming scene is presented as a very simple image. While seeing blue without distance perspective, readers can even more concentrate on its depth. Readers will follow the line of yellow circles that lie in the space with a view as an observer or the master of this dream. Therefore, it is not weird if the child disappears in the scene and it is not awkward if red and black swimming caps change themselves. Rather, the child, the master of this dream, stands out even more making balanced with scenes in the book.

The writer, Jae Hee, who happens to be related with blue color, boasts various kinds of blue colors in this book. She presents beautiful blue which might be the paint color of swimming pool or the color of the sky, or the condition of our hearts. This blue swimming blanket will provide us vivid cheerfulness and peaceful breaktime at the same time.