Hello- Hello Moon Picture Book

『Hello』 is a beautiful story of an old sausage man and his dog living on a planet in the vast universe, written by Hello Dal, the author of 《Watermelon Swimming Pool》 and 《Grandma's Summer Vacation》. This work, which fully embodies the author's passion for exploring new possibilities of picture book narratives, consists of a total of 264 pages and 662 pictures. Divided into four stories, it depicts the birth of Grandpa Sausage, the meeting and separation between Grandpa Sausage and his dog, and Grandpa Sausage’s life on the planet after death.

A star in the vast universe where old and abandoned objects live. One day, while riding his electric scooter, Grandpa Sausage meets an abandoned dog in front of a pet store and brings him home to live with him. The moments Grandpa Sausage spends with his dog pass slowly and with slow breathing, as if they are covering the precious time of her life. As time goes by, Grandpa Sausage dies, and the dog, left alone at home, goes outside and meets 'Bomb Kid' and 'Bull'.

Unlike other children, the bomb child only has a single hair, and the fire where the flames flicker according to the anxious state of mind suggests someone who is unfamiliar and uncomfortable. Just as Grandpa Sausage brought home the abandoned dog in the dark, the bomb child holds out his hand to the dog, and the dog and the bomb child extend their hands to Bull, who was hiding in the forest, and invite him to come with them... … .

In this work, you can get a glimpse into the author's deeper and broader picture book world. The sausage grandfather, the dog, the bomb child, the fire, and even the teddy bear are all solitary beings that appear in the work. In the work, they cannot all spend a comfortable and happy time together, but between the stars in a distant universe, across the border between life and death, they think of each other, miss each other, and quietly exchange greetings. As the motif is derived from the greeting 'goodbye', which means meeting and parting, the story drawn by the author delivers warm comfort and deep emotion to those who have lost something precious while living in the world.