Online Korean Storybook

From June to December, 2020

New video will be uploaded every second and fourth Fridays of every month on KCCNY Youtube Channel (www.youtube.com/KCSNY)

[Recommended for Ages 6 to 10]

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Although schools may be closed, learning must go on!

Korean Cultural Center is pleased to present the <Online Korean Storybook> program in collaboration with Safari Publishing. This educational online initiative offers a 15 digital picture book series called ‘GookShiGgoRengEe Village’ in English on Korean Cultural Center New York’s official Youtube channel.

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 and in comparison to the fancy extravagant culture at the center of all the attention, therefore 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 extra-curricular activities, and play with computers and televisions. There were days when children would freely run around through the mountains and fields, eating and playing with the flowers and the grass they would pick up along the way. Their imagination did not cease to grow as they played in the evening under the moonlight by stepping on the shadows that the moon provided for them, and by counting the stars in the sky. 

This series would like to become a stepping stone to re-connect the children of today with the past by restoring the often forgotten beauties of traditional Korean culture. 

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‘GookShiGgoRengEe Village’ series

Written by Lee Choon Hee
Directed by Lim Jae Hae from Andong University

  1. Acacia Perm | 아카시아 파마 (Illustrated by Yoon Jeong Joo)

  2. Poo Cake | 똥떡 (Illustrated by Park Ji Hoon)

  3. Winning Fodder | 꼴 따먹기 (Illustrated by Kim Poom Chang)

  4. The Bed Wetter | 싸개싸개 오줌싸개 (Illustrated by Kim Jeong Han)

  5. Rubber Shoe Train | 고무신 기차 (Illustrated by park Ji Hoon) 

  6. Glowing Ghosts | 야광귀신 (Illustrated by Han Byeong Ho)

  7. Fighting Roosters | 쌈닭 (Illustrated by Kang Dong Hoon)

  8. Hanging Charcoal, Hanging Peppers | 숯 달고 고추 달고 (Illustrated by Lee Tae Ho)

  9. Crawling along the furrow | 논고랑 기어가기 (Illustrated by Park Cheol Min)

  10. A Sty for Sale | 눈 다래끼 팔아요 (Illustrated by Shin Min Jae)

  11. Grass Fight | 풀싸움 (Illustrated by Kim Ho Min)

  12. Dalgu and Fingernails | 달구와 손톱 (Illustrated by Lee Woong Ki)

  13. Holding Poop at Night | 밤똥 참기 (Illustrated by Sim Eun Sook)

  14. Lizard, Lizard Let it Rain | 도마뱀아 도마뱀아 비를 내려라 (Illustrated by Lee Seong Pyo)

  15. The Squill Bride | 각시각시 풀각시 (Illustrated by Soh Yoon Kyeong)

About the Publisher

Safari Book for Children:  
A Delightful Expedition into the Wonderful World of Reading!

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. 

For more information about the Safari publishers, please visit their website at http://www.safaribook.co.kr

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