Description Author's Note: The mission on the first day of school, the boy carrying two bags, it's not Yeong-taek's fault, a lonely birthday party, Yeong-taek has changed, the box of good deeds Book Introduction A story about the sacrifice, conflict, and friendship of a child whose friend has a disability How would children feel if they were forced to make sacrifices and perform acts of service for a friend with a disability? True sacrifice and service should come naturally from the heart, not because someone ordered it. 'The Kid Who Carries the Bag' is a creative story for early elementary readers that encourages children to think about the pain that friends of children with disabilities may also experience. The author, Go Jeong-uk, has earned the empathy of many readers through works featuring characters with disabilities, such as 'My Very Special Brother' and 'Tansil, the Guide Dog.' The author himself contracted polio as a child and is registered as a Class 1 disabled person due to paralysis in both legs. However, he broke through the prejudice of those who viewed people with disabilities as strangers, attended a regular school just like everyone else, earned a doctorate in literature from Sungkyunkwan University, and made his debut as a novelist. More open-hearted and confident than anyone, Go Jeong-uk has many stories to tell people with disabilities and those around them. His persistence in writing stories about disability stems from his belief that if children—who can see things as they truly are, unlike prejudiced adults—take interest in and gradually change their perceptions of people with disabilities, a better world can be created. 'The Kid Who Carries the Bag' also deals with the theme of disability. However, what matters most in this work is 'the friend of the person with a disability.' While most previous works on this subject have focused on 'the pain of the person with a disability,' this work attempts a shift in perspective by focusing more on 'the pain of those around them.' The story revolves around Yeong-taek, who is ostracized by other children because of his disability, and Seok-woo, who is teased for carrying Yeong-taek's bag, and the various events, large and small, that unfold between them, along with the conflict Seok-woo experiences as a result. Warm illustrations complement the story, adding depth to the work. Seok-woo, who carries two bags back and forth to school, could be a child right next to us, or even ourselves as children. And just as true friendship blossomed between Seok-woo and Yeong-taek the moment Seok-woo no longer found him unfamiliar, this warm story reminds us that genuine friendship is born only when we accept the other person exactly as they are. When we accept someone as they truly are, friendship finally blooms. 'The Kid Who Carries the Bag' is a creative story for early elementary readers that encourages children to think about the pain that friends of children with disabilities may also experience. The author himself, a Class 1 disabled person due to polio, has mainly featured characters with disabilities as protagonists in his works. This book also deals with disability as its subject, but this time the focus is on 'the friend of the person with a disability.' The story revolves around Yeong-taek, who is ostracized by other children because of his disability, and Seok-woo, who is teased for carrying Yeong-taek's bag, and the various events, large and small, that unfold between them, along with the conflict Seok-woo experiences as a result. Warm illustrations complement the story, adding depth to the work. And just as true friendship blossomed between Seok-woo and Yeong-taek the moment Seok-woo no longer found him unfamiliar, this warm story reminds us that genuine friendship is born only when we accept the other person exactly as they are. Every child who sees Seok-woo carrying two bags teases him. Seok-woo carries the bag for Yeong-taek, his classmate who has difficulty walking. Once he places the bag at Yeong-taek's seat, his morning duty is done. And when class ends, he brings Yeong-taek's bag back home. It's a task he was assigned by his teacher and had no choice but to do, but Seok-woo gradually grows closer to Yeong-taek. The touching, heartfelt friendship between Seok-woo and Yeong-taek, as they come to understand and empathize with each other's different situations, unfolds movingly.