10 Fun Facts about South Korea
Korean Pop Music (K-Pop) and Korean Dramas (K-Dramas) are wildly popular, but there is more to South Korea than music and movies. Here...
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- Feb 6, 2021
- 3 min
Mud Festival Anyone? A tour of Korean Celebrations
Book Review: Korean Celebrations Festivals, Holidays and Traditions By Tina Cho Illustrator Farida Zaman Tuttle Publishing: Tuttle...
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- Sep 26, 2020
- 4 min
Big Folktales, Small World - Korean Folktales
A maiden finds help from seven quirky dwarfs after she flees from a jealous and wicked Queen who is after her life. Hungry Jack swaps his...
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- Aug 29, 2020
- 1 min
An honest and touching story of grief and recovery: a book summary
The Phone Booth in Mr. Hirota’s Garden By Heather Smith and Rachel Wada Theme: Loss and Grieving Ages 6-8 years Excerpt from book:...
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- Aug 9, 2020
- 1 min
Rice from Heaven A Secret Mission to Feed North Koreans
by Tina Cho Illustrated by Keum Jin Song Book review picture book [Ages 4-8] Excerpt from book: I am a little grain of rice. How can I...
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- Jun 12, 2020
- 1 min
Book review: Who wants Ramen?
Everybody has heard of ramen, the comforting noodle-soup combo. “Magic Ramen” tells the story of Ando, the creator of instant ramen....
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- Mar 12, 2020
- 2 min
Sumo Joe (and his sister Jo) picture book review
Sumo Joe by Mia Wenjen; illustrated by Nat Iwata Joe is a Japanese American boy who loves Sumo wrestling, a traditional Japanese martial...
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- Mar 9, 2020
- 1 min
Little Sen’s Chinese Holidays
Little Sen’s Chinese Holidays (Written by Yujia Zhao and illustrated by Yulin Li) is a bilingual picture book written in both simplified...
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- Mar 2, 2020
- 1 min
Top Korean folktale
An adaptation of a beloved folktale from Korea, Heung Bu and Nol Bu. Bi-lingual text in Korean/English and Chinese/English. Mean and...
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- Feb 13, 2020
- 1 min
Chop, Chop, Chopstick Etiquette
Chop, Chop, Chopstick Etiquette
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- Jan 31, 2020
- 2 min
The Magnolia Sword Ballad of Mulan Book Review ~ culture, history, romance, action, oh my
Book Review for 2020 Multicultural Children’s Book Day Author: Sherry Thomas Description from book CHINA, 484 A.D. A Warrior in Disguise...
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- Jan 14, 2020
- 2 min
Far East, Far Out Chopstick Differences
Did you know that chopstick etiquette differs from county to country? And chopstick sizes and shapes differ from place to place? Next...
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- Jan 9, 2019
- 3 min
Mela and the Elephant: book review for MCBD
Mela and the Elephant by Dow Phumiruk illustrated by Ziyue Chen Sleeping Bear Press Book Review: Mela sets out to explore the banks of...
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- Jan 24, 2018
- 3 min
My First Book of Japanese Words: book review for MCBD
My First Book of Japanese Words by Michelle Haney Brown, Illustrated by Aya Padron, is an ABC rhyming book of Japanese Language and...
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- Jan 22, 2018
- 3 min
The Bigger the Fro: a book review for MCBD
The title of this book really grabs your attention: The Bigger and Fro.... The Bigger the Fro? What about a big fro? The rest of the...
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- Jan 10, 2018
- 1 min
Mascot: Winter Olympics in South Korea
The Soohorang (수호랑) is the mascot of the Winter Olympics in South Korea. What is a soohorang? Sooho (수호) mean protection and horang (호랑이)...
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- May 7, 2017
- 1 min
Chopstick Etiquette (Chopstiquette)
Did you know chopstick etiquette (chopstiquette) differs from county to country? And chopstick sizes differ from place to place? The...
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- May 5, 2017
- 1 min
Korean Culture Giveway
Kid's Korean Culture Giveaway is here! In honor of Children's Day in South Korea, we're giving away a bi-lingual Korean/English book,...
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- Apr 28, 2017
- 1 min
Children's Day in Korea - like Christmas Without Santa?
What day is like Christmas without Santa? May 5th -- Children's Day in Korea! To celebrate this upcoming holiday, I'll be giving away...
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- Jan 6, 2017
- 3 min
Book Review: Little Artists by Niki Daly
For Multicultural Children's Book Day (MCCBD)*, I did a book review of Little Artists by Niki Daly, published by Kane Miller Press....
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