mom's words

Just seeing or hearing the word 'Mom' is strangely heartbreaking. There was a time when my mother was a dreamy girl, and there was a time when she was a lovely and pretty young lady, but after she became a mother, she put all that away deep in her heart and lives only as a 'mother.' Knowing her mother's love and sacrifice, we feel a pang in our hearts when we think of her mother. Now, why not go back to her mother's past and hear what kind of child she was and what dreams she had? That's how this book begins.

『Mom's Words』 is a picture book by Choi Sook-hee, author of 《It's Okay》 and 《What Kind of Seed Are You?》, and is a picture book dedicated to the author's own mother and all mothers on this earth. It is a moving story of how a girl who was poor and could not even go to school to take care of her younger siblings got married, became her mother, and became a grandmother. In particular, it stands out that her mother's dreams and hopes are symbolized by powerful running words to continue the flow of the story. The author's unique warm and lovely illustrations shine in this book and keep you from closing the book for a long time.

If Shin Kyeong-sook's novel "Please Take Care of Mom," which brought tears to tears in Korea in 2008, was to be published as a picture book, I think this would be it. In particular, one summer, the sight of a mother who lost one of her children clutching her chest and crying, but standing up again for her remaining children, shows in a touching way what a child is to her mother. This book is not a picture book for children. This is a picture book for mothers who choose this picture book for their children. Sometimes, seeing a mother reading a picture book is a greater gift than giving a picture book to her child.