Monday, 28 September 2026

World Kid Lit Month 2026: Explorer Challenger: 0-6: A Language with a Non-Latin Script

 

I am here.

Written and illustrated by Kim Hyo-eun.

Scribe Publishing Company, 2026.

Translated from Korean.

Board book.

Beginning with 'below' concepts read vertically — sun, clouds, rainbow, Mum — the book matches how babies naturally look up at their world. It then transitions to 'beside' relationships read horizontally — grandfather, cat, ants, nature treasures — reflecting babies' growing engagement with their immediate environment. The journey ends with the profound moment of self-recognition: 'me'. The ingenious format mirrors how babies actually develop — looking up first, then engaging laterally with their environment.

A wee gem of a book. It opens both up and down; and then back to front.

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