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Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
A story about justice and morality. A man walking through the forest hears the pleas of a tiger for help as he has fallen in a pit and can't get out. The man fears the tiger will eat him if he helps him, but his pleas for mercy were so pitiful that he does so against his better judgement. Just as he had feared, the tiger encircles him and is planning on eating him. After delaying his fate by asking others their opinion as to whether it is ok...
6) Skull water
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Growing up outside a US military base in South Korea in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, Insu--the son of a Korean mother and a German father enlisted in the US Army--spends his days with his "half and half" friends skipping school, selling scavenged Western goods on the black market, watching Hollywood movies, and testing the boundaries between childhood and adulthood. When he hears a legend that water collected in a human skull will cure any sickness,...
Author
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
On Halmoni's birthday after finding a mess in the kitchen but no Joon, Jin is sent through a magical portal into a fantastical world to deliver rice cakes to the notorious miser Jo-harabuhji and hopefully meet Joon and restore Halmoni's broken magic pot.
Author
Publisher
Little Bigfoot, an imprint of Sasquatch Book
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
Searching for their missing grandmother, two Korean children follow tracks into a fantastic world filled with beings from folklore who speak in Korean. Includes translations and information about the folkloric characters.
Author
Publisher
Shen's Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the legend of Sunsin Yi, a young boy in sixteenth-century Korea, who, inspired by his pet turtle, designs one of the greatest battleships in history and fulfills his dream of sailing the world.
Long ago in Korea, a young boy named Sun-sin spent his days playing with his pet turtle Gobugi and dreaming of sailing around the world. As a poor villager, though, his dream to travel seemed impossible. Then one day, the king s court announced...
12) Nine tailed
Author
Series
Realm of four kingdoms volume 1
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Sunny Cho aspires to be the dullest, least interesting person in any given room, which can be challenging for a nine-tailed fox spirit. So she drifts from city to city--staying clear of any and all attachment--and keeps her fox buried deep inside her. It is better this way. She would rather live as half of herself than risk losing control of her terrible powers. Ethan Lee, a friend she left behind eight years ago, is a brilliant and distractingly...
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Learn about Korean culture while improving your language skills! Korean Folktales for Language Learners introduces 36 traditional Korean folktales in parallel Korean and English versions along with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning/intermediate language learners. The book is perfect practice for first- and second-year Korean students but is sure to entertain anyone wishing to learn about Korean culture. This elegantly illustrated volume...
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