A refreshing summer festival to cool down the hot season! The pond ripples gently, filled with lush green lotus leaves and bright lotus blossoms. Here, the animal friends decide to hold a special summer festival. Just then, a very angry frog appears before them... The animal friends and the frog resolve their small misunderstanding and together prepare for a joyful summer. What would a fresh summer scene made together by everyone look like? Lotus Leaf Pancake captures the animal friends enjoying a hot summer in all sorts of delightful ways. They shield themselves from the warm sun with lotus leaf parasols, make golden, savory lotus leaf pancakes to share, and when a sudden summer rain falls, they duck under lotus leaf umbrellas to stay dry. After a whole day of playing joyfully with the big lotus leaves, the sun begins to set. Let's follow the animal friends through their busy and happy summer day! With a cool, inviting pond you'll want to jump right into, and all the swimming, eating, and playing that happens there, even the hottest summer can feel refreshingly delightful. A Bite of Savory Lotus Leaf Pancake! A Magical Day When Dear, Familiar Faces All Gather Together As the savory aroma of lotus leaf pancakes spreads across the pond, familiar and welcome friends begin to gather one by one. Among them are the squirrel who shared a bond of friendship with the animal friends in Magnolia Dumplings, and the raccoon grandmother who offered a rich taste of nostalgia in Wildflower Sikhye. And that's not all—the warm, crispy, savory scent of the lotus leaf pancake even reaches the little insect friends. Before long, the once-quiet pond becomes a lively, crowded summer festival that fills everyone with excitement. Food has a magical power to bring everyone together. Whether reuniting with an old friend or meeting someone new, when they all gather closely and take a bite of the lotus leaf pancake, any awkwardness melts away, replaced by warm feelings of joy. The animal friends' generous hearts, always ready to share, shine through as well. Because these animal friends prepare so joyfully and work so hard for the festival, summer days in the forest shine even brighter. A Work That Fully Captures the Clear, Blue Scenery of Summer Author Baek Yu-yeon, who has richly portrayed the scenery of each season in Magnolia Dumplings and Wildflower Sikhye, worked to fully capture the clear beauty of a summer day in Lotus Leaf Pancake. To give readers the gift of a clear pond scene, the author dyed hanji (traditional Korean paper) to create lotus petals and beautifully expressed the shimmering sparkle of sunlight on water. Colorful summer flowers such as water poppies, water shields, water hyacinths, purple lotus blossoms, and water mimosas are hidden throughout the pages, adding extra delight for readers to discover. In particular, the nighttime scenes with fireflies flitting about and frogs croaking heighten the summer atmosphere even further. Though such scenes are rarely seen these days, the cozy image of friends sitting together sharing stories on a summer night comes through warmly, carrying the author's heartfelt wish that this picture book might feel like a moment of rest for everyone.