{"product_id":"수박-수영장","title":"Watermelon Swimming Pool","description":"Description: A Picture Book by An Nyeong-dal. On a scorching summer day, what if you could swim inside a giant watermelon? This picture book showcases a wonderfully cool and bold imagination. It joyfully depicts people swimming inside a watermelon and playing in all sorts of ways with watermelon seeds and rinds. What's especially striking is how children, adults, and people with disabilities from the same neighborhood all mingle together naturally, without any distinction. In the final scene, an empty watermelon rind and spoons are shown resting on a small table, leaving room for readers to imagine what the 'Watermelon Swimming Pool' really was. This is An Nyeong-dal's first picture book as both writer and illustrator, brimming with playful imagination and wit, and filled with warm affection for family and neighbors.\n\nIn a quiet countryside village, the 'Watermelon Swimming Pool' opens every midsummer. An enormous watermelon splits in half, allowing the whole village to climb in and play together. Villagers of all ages cool off in the watermelon pool and watch the sunset together beyond the village, already looking forward to next summer. A giant, refreshing watermelon pool becomes the setting for a summer festival where everyone comes together!\n\nEvery summer, everyone waits for the 'Watermelon Swimming Pool'! A Whimsical Imagination for Beating the Heat\n\n\"When the summer sun is at its hottest, the watermelon ripens. At last, it's time to open the Watermelon Swimming Pool.\"\n\nOn a blazing hot summer day, what if you could dive into a cool, refreshing watermelon? This is the premise of the picture book Watermelon Swimming Pool, a work of delightfully bold imagination.\n\nIn a quiet countryside village, every year when the summer sun grows fierce, the 'Watermelon Swimming Pool' opens. With a satisfying crack, an enormous watermelon splits in two, and the whole village climbs in to play together. The Watermelon Swimming Pool is the talk of the town. Men working in the rice fields, children playing jump rope, and women hanging laundry all welcome the news that the pool has opened. Young and old alike dive into the cool watermelon, scooping out the flesh and soaking themselves in it. Children throw watermelon chunks at each other, dive off watermelon leaves, and build large sculptures out of seeds and flesh. Watching the villagers forget their daily worries and enjoy summer at the Watermelon Swimming Pool fills readers with a shared sense of joy. Young readers especially will delight in imagining all the different kinds of play possible with the soft red flesh, the round black seeds, and the smooth hard rind of the watermelon. The book beautifully captures the feel of summer — the blazing sun, the crisp crunch of watermelon flesh, the sweet red juice, children's laughter, a cool rain shower, a red sunset, and fireflies at night — making readers feel as if they're truly there. It's a picture book that both children and adults can enjoy together, summer after summer.\n\nA Special Place Where Everyone Plays Together, Regardless of Age, Gender, or Disability\n\nWhat's especially memorable about this book is how it portrays the entire village coming together without distinction of age, gender, or disability. The very first visitor to the Watermelon Swimming Pool is a white-haired grandfather. He may grunt a little as he sits down, but his excitement over the newly opened pool rivals that of any child. A grandmother sliding down a slide made of watermelon rind has a face full of wrinkles, yet her expression is full of life. The Watermelon Swimming Pool is a space where not just children, but men, women, grandfathers, grandmothers, families, friends, and neighbors all come together. A child in a wheelchair has no trouble playing here with friends either. As everyone forgets their differences and plays side by side, watching the sunset together with shoulders touching, the book conveys a warm regard for cherishing one's neighbors.\n\nWarm Family Love Held Within a Single Watermelon\n\n\"Myeong-su, time to go home!\" As dusk falls without the children noticing, they are called home one by one by the sound of their names — a scene that gives young readers the satisfaction of a day well spent playing, while stirring up nostalgic memories of childhood for adult readers. As maple leaves drift down onto the now-empty pool, the festival...","brand":"IBOOKPARK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49623897243876,"sku":"1471656215","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/9788\/6692\/files\/9788936447021.jpg?v=1786422636","url":"https:\/\/ibookpark.com\/en\/products\/%ec%88%98%eb%b0%95-%ec%88%98%ec%98%81%ec%9e%a5","provider":"IBOOKPARK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}