Description: While Somi went to get her doll, Hangyeol touched her alligator pencil sharpener. Its curled-up tail looked so cool! With its sharp teeth, the alligator pencil sharpener could sharpen any pencil, round and round. Hangyeol thought Somi's pencil sharpener was amazing, and he really wanted to sharpen his own giraffe pencil with it. He started losing interest in playing with Somi, unable to take his eyes off the alligator pencil sharpener. While Somi went to another room, Hangyeol brought her alligator pencil sharpener home with him. He dug through his drawer to find his giraffe pencil to sharpen, but it was nowhere to be found. He suspected that a friend who had visited last time must have taken it. Hangyeol got angry. But did another friend really take his giraffe pencil? An Engaging Story with an Ending That Lets Young Children Think for Themselves During early childhood, the concept of ownership isn't yet fully formed. It's only around age three, through playing with friends, that children begin to vaguely distinguish between what's theirs and what belongs to others. Because young children also have a limited ability to control their impulses, taking someone else's belongings is a common occurrence at this age. Hangyeol, the boy in this story, is a child who doesn't fully understand that taking someone's things without permission is wrong. Tempted by the alligator pencil sharpener, he secretly takes it home—but when he can't find his own giraffe pencil, he assumes someone took it from him and gets angry. When his mother quickly finds the giraffe pencil he thought was missing, Hangyeol finally gets to put it in the alligator pencil sharpener and turn the handle just as he'd wished—but somehow it's no longer fun. That's because, having experienced what it feels like to think something of his was taken, he now understands how the owner of a lost or missing item must feel. Realizing that taking someone else's belongings without permission is wrong, Hangyeol thinks of Somi, who must be looking for her pencil sharpener, and runs to her house. While taking others' belongings during this stage of undeveloped ownership concepts can't be called stealing, if left unaddressed, it risks becoming a habit later on. Through the story of Hangyeol, who resembles themselves, children can reflect on what it means to take something that isn't theirs. With an ending in which Hangyeol realizes and resolves the problem on his own—without adult intervention—the book doesn't force children to simply accept that taking others' things is wrong, but instead encourages them to think through the reasons why on their own. The engrossing story keeps readers curious about what Hangyeol will do next, and the dialogue captures children's natural speech in a delightful way. The free and lively illustrations, drawn as if by a child's own hand, playfully and richly convey the character's inner feelings. The natural harmony between bold crayon lines and thin pencil strokes keeps the focus on the characters' expressions and emotions rather than the background. The cover illustration is especially striking, showing Hangyeol—as if he just popped out from a pile of pencils—staring fiercely at the alligator pencil sharpener as it whirls a pencil down to a sharp point.