Online Korean Storybook
[Picture book #14. Lizard, Lizard Let it Rain]
December 11, 2020
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Recommended for Ages 6 to 10
Online Korean Storybook 14: Lizard, Lizard Let it Rain
Written by Lee Choon Hee | Illustrated by Lee Seong Pyo
When there is a drought, children decide to take a lizard, the incarnation of a dragon, and force it to make it rain. This ritual tells readers about the cooperative spirits of ancestors overcoming difficulties during hard times.
The ‘GookShiGgoRengEe Village (국시꼬랭이 동네)’ series is written by Korean writer Lee Choon Hee and directed by Lim Jae Hae about the forgotten stories from traditional Korean Culture. This series is a place where the stories of Korean children in the past are still alive with vivid traces of their laughter and tears.
They may appear small in comparison to the fancy extravagant culture at the center of all attention, however, the village has gathered to take notice and care for the nostalgic aspects of our culture. Today, our children go back and forth from school to other varieties of extracurricular activities, and play with computers and watch television. There were days when the children would freely run around through the mountains and fields, eating and playing with the flowers and grass they would pick up along their way. They used their imaginations as they played under the moonlight, stepping on the shadows created under the moonlight, and as they counted the stars in the sky.
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Safari Publishers is an imprint of E-PUBLIC, which was founded in 1955. Safari Book has been a pioneer in publishing quality picture books for children on various fun elements of Korean culture and way of life. Some of the representative publications are GookShiGgoRengEe Village series, Koon.Jang-I series, Korean Culture Riddles series, and Save the Environment series. Safari also publishes books for teens such as the Foundation Stone series and Masterpiece series.
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