Description: Yeonhee and Minji are proud of their long hair. Sujin, on the other hand, has a short bob. Yeonhee and Minji keep boasting to Sujin that they'll grow their hair even longer, long enough to cover their whole back. Sujin just laughs and says she'll grow hers much, much, much, much, MUCH longer than that. What would happen if Sujin's hair really grew that long? Probably... When children are curious about everything and want to try all sorts of things, let their imaginations run wild. And for that, picture books are the perfect shortcut — you can always count on them. In picture books, children spread the wings of imagination and experience things they've never encountered in real life, finding joy along the way. If My Hair Grew Long is a lively book told through conversations between Sujin and her friends, brimming with the wonderful variety and richness of a child's imagination. Everyone will fall for Sujin's adorable and outrageous flights of fancy. Author Takadono Hoko was born in 1955 in Hakodate, Japan, and graduated from Tokyo Woman's Christian University. She mainly wrote children's literature. Illustrating If My Hair Grew Long inspired her to begin creating picture books herself. Her works include The Secret of the Old Coat, Snowman, Let's Go to the Strange Forest, Green Seed, The House on Clock Hill, and Grandma the Prankster. She currently lives in Sapporo. Unlike Yeonhee and Minji, who show off their long hair, Sujin has a short bob. One day, after hearing Yeonhee and Minji talk about growing their hair even longer, Sujin declares that she would grow hers much, much, much, much, MUCH longer than theirs. Long enough to dangle from a bridge and catch fish, long enough to throw her braids over a pasture fence and lasso a cow, long enough to wrap around herself and sleep snugly, long enough to tie her pigtails to trees and hang laundry to dry... Even when her friends ask how she'd ever wash or comb such long hair, Sujin comes up with delightfully fun answers. This adorable picture book bursts with playful imagination that will make readers smile from start to finish. It's also fun to see how the real-life scenes are drawn in black and white, while the imaginary scenes burst with bright colors. Author: Takadono Hoko (たかどの ほうこ). Recent works include Do You Know What Peas Taste Like, Melon?, Mr. Donizoa's Way of Making Money, The House on Clock Hill, and 18 titles in total. Born in 1955 in Hakodate, Japan, she graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University. She won the Robert Louis Stevenson Award (Robonoishi Children's Literature Award) for The Little Grandmother's Secret and Let's Go to the Strange Forest, the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award for The Door of November, and the Red Bird Literature Award and Shogakukan Literature Award for Our Hats. Her other works include Professor Suntsuku Goes to the Zoo, Mr. Serious and the Ghost Teacher, The Midnight Cat Visitor, Hodong and Hodong, Different but Still Friends, The House on Clock Hill, and The Buttons' Chat Party. Translator: Ye Sang-ryeol. Born in Seoul, graduated from Yonsei University. Translated 14 titles in total, including I'm Hungry, What the Tail Does, and The Mouse Doctor in the Snowstorm.