Wish Soup
A Celebration of Seollal
$53.36
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2024
Summary
Celebrate Korean Lunar New Year and join one child’s quest to eat enough bowls of soup to become a “big girl!”
Sohee’s favorite part of Seollal is tteokguk-the special Korean rice cake soup traditionally only enjoyed on New Year’s Day. Each bowl is said to make the person who eats it one year older. This year, Sohee wants to eat as many bowls as she can to finally be an eonni, or “big girl,” to her younger siblings and cousins. Before Sohee can even get to her first b…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780316457361 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0316457361 |
| Author: | Junghwa Park |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown & Company |
| Imprint: | Little, Brown Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 260mm x 12mm |
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Praise for Wish Soup:
A Book Riot Best New Children’s Book of December 2023
“A fun story focusing on sibling holiday high jinks. Recommended for all holiday collections.”–School Library Journal
“This charming book invites readers into Seollal traditions with a quirky plot, cute illustrations, and a recipe for tteokguk.”
–Booklist
“Across expressive digitally finished watercolor, colored pencil, and oil pastel spreads, Park’s solo debut guides readers through the celebration’s traditions.”–Publishers Weekly
“Park’s textured lines and colors, as well as the characters’ exaggerated expressions, marry perfectly with the simple narration, evoking a sense of childlike charm and innocence…A delectable and endearing celebration.”–Kirkus
About The Author
Junghwa Park
Junghwa Park is a Korean-born American immigrant and artist living in Jersey City, New Jersey. She graduated with a BFA in Illustration from School of Visual Arts in 2014 and was the Grand Prize Winner of SCBWI’s Winter 2020 Portfolio Showcase. She has collaborated with Pottery Barn, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Poetry Foundation and more. Junghwa’s published works include Pow! Kids’s While Grandpa Naps by Naomi Danis, which went on to appear in the New York Times; Korean publisher Who’s Got My Tail’s Bunnybee; and Putnam’s 12 Days of Kindness by Irene Latham. Wish Soup is her North American author-illustrator debut.
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