secret door

Woongjin World Picture Book Series, Volume 153. This is a work by Aaron Becker, who won the 2014 Caldecott Honor Award for “A Long Journey.” As a sequel to <A Long Journey>, the fantasy journey of a girl with a magic pen continues without stopping. There is only one thing that has changed. The only thing that matters is that the trip becomes more spectacular, and the tension cannot be relaxed even for a moment. As if you are watching a fantasy movie, you will be drawn into the fantastic pictures and stories without even realizing it.

The girl and boy return from <A Long Journey>. Two friends were taking shelter from the rain under a bridge in a secluded park. At this time, a secret door opens and the king urgently appears. The king is captured by unknown soldiers, leaving behind a map and a magic pen with his two friends. The two friends standing in front of the secret door draw a key on the spot to open the secret door and begin a new adventure to save the king.

When the two friends open the secret door, a gray world devoid of color unfolds. Gray smoke rises from everywhere, and the king can be seen being dragged away by soldiers in the distance. The girl and boy open the map and find a way to save the king, but before they know it, soldiers from the gray world are chasing them... .

2014 Caldecott Honor Award winner <A Long Journey>,
The second fantasy trip unfolds! 

When you open the <Secret Door>, the <Long Journey> continues!
Aaron Becker quickly became a star author after winning the Caldecott Honor Award for his first picture book, “A Long Journey.” Aaron Becker's new picture book <Secret Door> is a sequel to <A Long Journey>, and the fantasy journey of a girl with a magic pen continues without stopping.
There is only one difference! It's just that the trip becomes more spectacular, and you can't let down your tension even for a moment! As if you are watching a fantasy movie, you will be drawn into the fantastic pictures and story without even realizing it.

Can the gray world be saved with a magic pen? 
The girl and boy return from <A Long Journey>. Two friends were taking shelter from the rain under a bridge in a secluded park. At this time, a secret door opens and the king urgently appears. The king is captured by unknown soldiers, leaving behind a map and a magic pen with his two friends. The two friends standing in front of the secret door draw a key on the spot to open the secret door and begin a new adventure to save the king.

When the two friends open the secret door, a gray world devoid of color unfolds. Gray smoke rises from everywhere, and you can see the king being dragged away by soldiers in the distance. The girl and boy open the map and find a way to save the king, but before they know it, the soldiers of the gray world are chasing them.

Whenever danger approaches, the two friends escape from danger by drawing extraordinary pictures with a magic pen. Every time you explore the places marked on the map and face a crisis, you get a magic pen, and you get all the rainbow-colored magic pens... … Even at that moment, the soldiers of the gray world attack. What will happen in the last moments? The gray world becomes a rainbow world again, and will the two friends be able to safely save the king and complete their journey?

A magical picture book where 100 different stories unfold when you look at number 100. 
<Secret Door>, like <A Long Journey>, is a picture book without text. Although there is no text, it contains much more story than a picture book with text, and readers can travel to a more infinite world of imagination without being bound by the text. Picture books without text can feel burdensome to parents who read books to their children. But that's just too much to worry about. Children will quickly fall in love with the pictures, discover the stories hidden in them, and complete the story in their own language.