way to school

Description

A brisk step expressed in simple graphics!
Step by step on the way to school,
The road I walk to school every day,
Every day on the way to school
With various adventures and special imaginations
It's always the same path, but it opens up a new world different from yesterday.
It takes you into a sea of ​​all kinds of imagination through everyday scenes.

past the dentist
Past the flower shop
Past the furniture store… …
step by step
Something interesting happens on the way to school.

The second volume of an imaginative picture book by Ivona Chmielewska, a Polish writer living in Korea.
What do children think about when they walk to school?
Would you like to meet a friend and have a chat while walking?
Should I walk slowly, looking around?
《Road to School》 is a graphic skit that sensuously unfolds various scenes on the way to school while expressing a child's curiosity about the world through footprints. With extremely concise graphics and text, it vividly unfolds all kinds of imagination that any child can relate to.

I leave home to go to school. After eating a delicious breakfast.
I meet my neighbor on his morning walk, pass by the dentist, pass by the flower shop, and pass by the furniture store. Interesting things happen with every step, but I remember what my mom said. Be careful when crossing the street, don't follow strangers, don't get too caught up in your imagination, etc... … . Oh, I'm going to be late if I keep doing this. I should get back to class quickly before I get scolded... … .
On my way home from school, I take a different route. When I come home, everyone welcomes me, but my favorite one is my little brother!

With each step, the footprints become the neighbor's dog, a duck in the park, a car in the junkyard, a traffic light on the street... … The everyday scenery and the daydreams in my mind mix and change constantly.
The imaginary picture that unfolds as your footsteps touch seems simple at first glance, but within it, all kinds of situations are ever-changing. The guy next door who goes for a morning walk appears, a brave knight defeating a dragon appears, and a cute younger brother also appears. There are dire warnings that if you look away you may lose your head, there are terrifying dangers lurking everywhere, and there are even strangers who tempt you with sweet candy. It can be something as routine as remembering your mother's words at a traffic light, it can be a complex situation that requires you to think twice, like remembering a police station through your finger print, or it can be a warm scene like a family welcoming you home from school. do.

All of these situations unfold cheerfully, crossing various associations and metaphors with restrained lines and colors.
For children these days who don't know how to play without some fun play equipment, how wonderful it is to be able to create a story without any tools, just by looking around while walking and using only the imagination that comes to mind!
Children who are freshly stimulated by the fact that they can create different stories with just a passing sign or a blade of grass on the side of the road will build their own special world of imagination.

Each step of “On the Way to School” is the heart of children full of curiosity about the world. For children who are just taking a step into the world, footprints encourage them to go anywhere and wander around. Furthermore, we courageously ask for a future of hope. When will my little brother take his first steps?
When I think about going this way on the way to school and that way on the way home from school, where my feet walked today, what stories were told, the surroundings and other people surrounding me naturally come into my eyes, and in doing so, I take one step further towards the world. So, “On the Way to School” is a picture book that I would definitely recommend to growing children.