Description: Rakuku, an orange bear, is a cooking fairy. Chanting the cheerful spell "Kukurara Rakuku," she makes delicious dishes. Today, Rakuku is making a colorful and pretty dish—five-color bibimbap. First, she cooks a big batch of rice, white as clouds, and blows on it to cool it down. Then she tops it with green vegetables like lettuce, zucchini, and cucumber. She adds a fried egg as yellow as the sun and drizzles on some red gochujang (red pepper paste). With fluffy black seaweed flakes and fragrant sesame oil added on top, the five-color bibimbap is complete. But who will Rakuku share this delicious bibimbap with? Just then, a friend comes to visit. Rakuku and her friend mix the bibimbap together happily. Colorful and pretty, five-color bibimbap tastes even better when shared with a friend! *The cooking fairy Rakuku in this book was the main character of the Kids Booth in the Food section of the 2009 Gwangju Design Biennale, which was organized around five themes: Clothing, Food, Shelter, Learning, and Play. The theme of the Food section was "Black, White, Yellow, Red, Blue – The Five Traditional Colors and Art," and the Kids Booth featured a character exhibition and the story of five-color bibimbap centered on Rakuku from this book. A Delicious Cooking Picture Book Featuring Bibimbap, a Classic Korean Dish This cooking picture book tells the story of Rakuku, an orange bear who loves to cook, joyfully preparing a meal and sharing it happily with a friend. The dish Rakuku makes is none other than five-color bibimbap! Bibimbap is one of the most iconic Korean dishes, loved by everyone and highly nutritious. It's also a wonderful theme for children's cooking experiences, since it uses a variety of ingredients that let kids explore different textures and colors, and it's easy and fun to make together with mom. The joy of sharing food can't be left out either—mixing everything together in one big bowl and sharing it is a special kind of happiness that only bibimbap can offer. This book beautifully captures both the joyful process of cooking and the warmth of sharing a meal with a friend, offering readers even greater satisfaction. That's why Rakuku calls bibimbap a delicious dish, a happy dish, and a healthy dish. Children reading this book will feel excited and happy following along with cooking fairy Rakuku as she prepares this easy-to-make, beautiful, and delicious bowl of Korean comfort food. A Fun Cooking Picture Book That Stimulates the Senses and Sparks the Imagination Cooking is a wonderful activity that stimulates children's five senses—seeing colorful ingredients, smelling their scents, and feeling their textures. The cheerful sounds heard while cooking are enjoyable too, and the satisfaction of eating a delicious meal afterward is immense. This book fully captures that joyful, sense-stimulating cooking experience. Above all, it highlights the joy of visual discovery by centering the story around the colors of bibimbap. Bibimbap is a vibrant, beautiful dish that includes all five traditional Korean colors—white, black, yellow, red, and blue (green). This book brings out each color vividly in every scene, from the white rice and green vegetables to the yellow egg, red gochujang, and black seaweed, creating a rich visual delight. The book itself is structured as a step-by-step cooking process, allowing readers to imagine and enjoy the sounds, smells, and textures involved. Thanks to the character of a cooking fairy who loves to cook, the process of making bibimbap also becomes a time to freely exercise imagination and creativity. Cooking fairy Rakuku spins a pinwheel to blow on the cloud-like white rice to cool it, imagines flying into space while looking at the sun-like yellow egg, and even pictures the ocean while sprinkling on black seaweed. While the text tells the story of making bibimbap, the illustrations don't simply depict each scene literally—instead, they leave room for imagination inspired by the shapes, colors, and textures of the ingredients. Young readers will be able to see, hear, touch, and taste alongside cooking fairy Rakuku, fully enjoying a delightful sensory experience and an exciting journey of imaginative play. A Uniquely Illustrated Cooking Picture Book Combined with Vivid, Lifelike Photography This book offers the perfect visual pleasure for a cooking picture book...