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Roadmap to Korean is the most complete and thorough introduction to the Korean language of its kind. A sweeping journey through thousands of years of history, the book is an essential study guide for students of the language, from novices just beginning their studies to the most advanced learner. Anyone seeking to understand the country and its people on a more intimate level will benefit from this book. By revealing fascinating insights through easy-to-follow examples and stories, the book is also a unique look into the more than 70 million people who speak the language around the world today.

This favorite collection includes nine songs and poems which all Koreans sang and listened to growing up. In the first story, The Flower-Eating Locomotive by Kim Yo-sup, the locomotive uses flowers as fuel, so it emits the fragrance of flowers instead of smoke. The border is ringed round with the roses, and people in this country have warm heart. The story reflects the reality paradoxically after Korean War and contains the yearning for peace. The Dancing Village by Lee Hyun-ju, is about a young boy named Cheoyong who has a talent for dancing and has a dream of being noticed and famous in the world. Unfortunately, he met a tragic and untimely death. Only the villagers were keeping his memory. The story shows how the dignity of human being was devastated under rapid urbanization. The third story, Ten Fingers by Yoon Suk-joong is composed of an amusing anecdote about a young boy Yeongi who got hurt his one finger. For example, Yeongi couldn t tie a shoestring, or he spilt teacher s ink on… Read More

Hollym revised one of its most popular books on Korean folk tales: Korean Children s Favorite Folk Tales. This book contains seven tales. It includes not only tales already famous such as The heavenly maiden and the wood cutter and Kongji and Patji, but also lesser known Korean tales such as The three sons and The ant that laughed too much. Excellent colored-pencil illustrations accompany the stories. The stories include various characters like goblins, insects, animals, and human beings impart wisdom to the readers and sometimes laughter, too. How did our ancestors think about the contentious relationship between cats and dogs? The answer is in the story of The Dog and the Cat. To get back their owner s treasure, dog and cat underwent all sorts of troubles causing conflicts of opinion, and never mended their relationship. The Three Sons shows how three sons change useless articles left by their father to real valuable objects. The Vanity of the Rat is the story about parent rats looking… Read More