Waiting for Mama - Hardcover

Lee Tae-Jun

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0735821437 ISBN 13: 9780735821439

Publisher: North-South Books, 2007

Synopsis

Told in a few lines of text, this tender story was first published in a newspaper in 1938. This tale from Korea is universal--a small child waits for Mama at the station, asking the conductor if he has seen her. The conductor hasn't, but cautions the child to wait a little farther from the tracks. It is cold and snowy but the child waits patiently until finally Mama comes. In the last wordless spread, we see the small hand in a mother's firm clasp as they walk away from us. The art and text are so authentic, so real, that this book is best published in a bilingual edition that respects and honors those traditions. The Korean setting gives it special appeal to a growing demographic segment. The institutional market is especially hungry for bilingual books in languages beyond Spanish.

About this title

Synopsis:

A small child waits patiently for Mama at a streetcar station one cold and snowy day. Includes facts about the development of the Korean alphabet.

About this edition

• Publisher: North-South Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0735821437
• ISBN 13: 9780735821439
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Kim Dong-Seong