01. New clothes for New Year’s Day

Bae, Hyun-Joo. New clothes for New Year’s Day. La Jolla, CA : Kane / Miller Book, 2007.

  Title:  New clothes for New Year’s Day
  Author:  Hyun-Joo Bae
  Publisher:  Kane / Miller Book
  Year of publish: 2007
  Audience: Aged 4-8
  Subject: Traditions

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It is the award winner of “Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2008”. It was translated from Korean. The author wrote and illustated the story. The storyline is simple about a Korean girl excited getting in her attire piece by piece for Korean New Year’s day which will be the same as other children over the world . At the end of the book it not only shows pictures of Korean dresses with explanation of every part of it in Korean name and in English, but also has information of Korean New Year’s traditions. The story is accomplished with the vivid and descriptive illustrations. The text is simple, engaging and poetic: “It's a new year, it's a new day, and it's a new morning. It's the first day for the beginning of everything. It is a great book for a glance in Korean tradition and culture; suits children aged 4-8.