“To the Star” (Korean Picture Book by Annyeong Dal) A Beautiful Shade and the pursuit of perfection

and the pursuit of perfection

the mudang

This is Volume 1

Won-jun blurts out his feelings before abruptly leaving

Author Sun Ja-eun and illustrator Lee Kwang-ik sought to depict the mudangin a way that removes fear or distance

“To the Star” (Korean Picture Book by Annyeong Dal) A Beautiful Shade and the pursuit of perfectionOne evening, a little girl brings home a tiny star she found on her way back from school. It needs moonlight to grow, her mother says. So every night, the girl takes her star out for a walk under the soft glow of the moon. The star grows brighter, rounder, and more beautiful until the day comes when it must return to the sky. To the Star is a breathtaking new picture book by beloved Korean author Annyeong Dal, whose works (Because, The Watermelon