Anthology of
Childrens Literature
Korea's Favorite Tales and Lyrics
Peter Hyun
1986 International Publishing House
Available from Shen's
A collection of Korean folktales, poems, short stories and songs.
Families-Adoptive
We Adopted You, Benjamin Koo
Linda Girard
1989 Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN# 0-8075-8694-3
Nine-year-old Benjamin Koo Andrews, adopted from Korea as an infant, describes
what it's like to grow up adopted from another country.
Folktales
Blindman's Daughter
Edward Adams
1981 Seoul International Publishing House
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8048-1472-4
Confucianism, Buddhism and shamanism play a dominant role in this Korean
folktale about filial piety. Bilingual English/Korean text.
Brave Hong Kil-dong/The man Who Bought the Shade of a Tree
Youg-Kol Kim
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-91-4
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean.
Faithful Daughter Shim Ch'ong/The Little Frog Who Never Listened
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-92-2
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean.
Families Are Different
Nina Pellegrini
1991 Holiday House
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8234-0887
An adopted Korean girl discovers that her classmates have different types
of families.
Greedy Princess/The Rabbit and the Tiger
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-9390878-90-6
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean.
Herdboy and Weaver
Edward Adams
1986 Seoul International Publishing House
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8048-1470-8
A Korean folktale written in English and Korean that explains the origin
of the Milky Way.
Korean Cinderella, The
Shirley Climo
1993 HarperCollins Publishers
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-06-020433-8
In this ancient Korean version of Cinderella, Pear Blossom, a stepchild,
eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.
Lazy Man/The Spring of Youth
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-73-6
Two Korean folktales told in English and Korean.
Magic Spring
Nami Rhee
1993 G. P. Putnam's Sons
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-399-22420-3
An old man and his wife discover a fountain of youth and benefit from its
magic, but water has a different effect on their greedy neighbor. Bilingual
English/Korean text.
Moles and the Mireuk: A Korean Folktale
Holly H. Kwon
1993 Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN# 0-395-64347-3
Papa Mole searches the universe to find the most powerful husband for his
perfect daughter.
Mr. Moon & Miss Sun/The Herdsman and the Weaver
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-72-8
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean.
Ogres' Magic Clubs/The Tiger and the Dried Persimmons
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-884
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean.
Princess and the Beggar: A Korean Folktale
Anne Sibley O'Brien
1993 Scholastic Inc.
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-590-46092-7
A princess who disobeys the king is banished from court and begins a new
life with a poor beggar. The metamorphosis of the Weeping Princess into
the beggar's champion is one of the oldest tales in Korean folklore.
Rabbit's Escape, The
Suzanne Han
1995 Henry Holt and Company
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8050-2675-4
Tricked into visiting the underwater kingdom where the Dragon King of the
East Sea wants his liver, a clever rabbit uses his wits to escape. Bilingual
English/Korean text.
Rabbit's Judgement, The
Suzanne Han
1991 Henry Holt and Company
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8050-2674-6
Tricked into freeing a hungry tiger from a trap, a man refuses to let the
tiger eat him until they get another opinion on the situation from a disinterested
party. Bilingual English/Korean text.
Seven Brothers and the Big Dipper
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1900 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-74-4
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean. "The seven brothers
and the big dipper" explains the origin of the big dipper. In the other
story, "Hungbu, Nolbu and the magic gourds" good fortune comes
to a poor man from a magic gourd.
Sir Whong and the Golden Pig
Suzanne Han
1993 Dial Books for Young Readers
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8037-1345-2
When he mangages to get a loan of one thousand nyung by giving a fake golden
pig as collateral, a stranger thinks that he has out witted the wise and
genrous Sir Whong.
Son of the Cinnamon Tree/Donkey's Egg, The
Duance Vorhees
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-93-0
Two Korean folktales in Korean and English; one about a flood where only
a handful of people survive to repopulate the Earth, the other about a foolish
farmer who believes the watermelon he bought is a donkey's egg.
Woodcutter and Nymph
Edward Adams
1982 Seoul International Publishing House
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-8048-1471-6
A poor woodcutter wishes for a good wife and children to carry on his family
tradition and honor his widowed mother. He must choose between living with
his wife and children in a heavenly paradise and seeing his mother who is
bound to the Earth. Korean and English text.
Woodcutter and the Heavenly Maiden/The Firedogs
Duance Vorhees & Mark Mueller
1990 Hollym
Available from Shen's
ISBN# 0-930878-71-x
Two Korean folktales written in English and Korean. One explains the sun's
disappearance at night and the moon's disappearance during day.
Woodcutter and Tiger Brother
Nami Rhee
1988 Design House Inc.
Available from Shen's
In this Korean folktale of filial piety even a tiger accepts the responsibilities
of a son to his mother. Bilingual English/Korean text.
Food
Cooking the Korean Way
Okwha Chung & Judy Monroe
1988 Lerner Publications Company
ISBN # 0-8225-0921-0
Easy cookbook including description of special ingredients, utensil unique
to cuisine, menus, and cultural origins of food.
Games
Korean Games With Notes on the Corresponding Games of China and
Japan
Stewart Culin
1991 Dover Publications, Inc.
Available from Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN# 0-486-26593-5
This work was first published in 1895 by Stewart Culin who was Curator of
the Department of Ethnology at The Brooklyn Museum and an expert on games
of the world. This text provides a detailed description of over 100 Korean
games with historical notes and descriptions of their analogues in Chinese
and Japanese cultures.
Holidays
Korean Children's Day
Ruth Suyenaga
1992 Modern Curriculum Press
ISBN # 0-8136-2293-X
Children's Day, a Korean holiday held on May 5th, and other Korean traditions
and customs are explained to a fourth grader when he visits the Korean Institute.
Immigration
Halmoni and the Picnic
Sook Choi
1993 Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN # 0-395-61626-3
A Korean-American girl's third grade class helps her newly arrived grandmother
feel more comfortable with their new life in the United States.
People and Country
of Korea
Chi-Hoon: A Korean Girl
Patricia McMahon
1993 Boyds Mills
ISBN # 1-56397-026-0
The daily life of a young Korean girl and her family in Seoul, Korea is
told in simple text illustrated with numerous color photographs.
Count Your Way Through Korea
Jim Haskins
1989 Carolrhoda Books, Inc.
ISBN # 0-87614-348-6
Presents the numbers one to ten in Korean, using each number to introduce
concepts about Korea and its culture.
Korea (A new true book)
Karen Jacobsen
1989 Children's Press
ISBN # 0-516-01174-X
Introduces the geography, history, people, and culture of the country known
as the "land of morning calm."
South Korea / Children of the World
Sally Tolan
1987 Gareth Stevens Children's Books
ISBN # 0-83687-049-2
This text introduces readers to the daily life of Jyung Ho, a young boy
who lives in Seoul. Also included is general information about South Korea
with maps and photographs.
Teacher Guide
South Korea (A Literature-Based Multicultural Unit)
Betsy Franco
1995 Evan-Moor
Available from Lakeshore
ISBN # 1-55799-383
This guide includes a Korean folktale, a chant, a storyboard, holiday celebrations,
food and many other whole language suggestions.
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