{"product_id":"학교-가는-길","title":"The Way to School","description":"A lively journey told through crisp, simple graphics! Step by step, day by day, the walk to school becomes a stage for all kinds of adventures and special daydreams. Though it's the same path every day, it opens up into a brand-new world that's different from yesterday. Through familiar, everyday scenery, children are drawn into a sea of imagination.\n\nPast the dentist, past the flower shop, past the furniture store… step by step, something fun happens on the way to school.\n\nThis is the second imaginative picture book by Iwona Chmielewska, a Polish author who works in Korea. What do children think about as they walk to school? Do they chat happily with a friend they meet along the way? Or do they wander slowly, glancing curiously at everything around them?\n\nThe Way to School expresses a child's curiosity about the world through footsteps, unfolding the many scenes of the walk to school in a wonderfully sensory graphic narrative. With remarkably spare graphics and text, it playfully captures all sorts of imaginative flights that any child can relate to.\n\nOur young narrator leaves home for school after a delicious breakfast. Along the way, they pass the neighbor returning from his morning walk, the dentist, the flower shop, the furniture store. Something interesting happens with every step, but then Mom's words come to mind: be careful crossing the street, don't follow strangers, don't get too lost in daydreams… Oh no, at this rate I'll be late—better hurry to class before getting scolded!\n\nOn the way home, a different path is taken. Back home, everyone is happy to see me, but my favorite person of all is my little sibling!\n\nWith every single footstep, the footprints transform—into the neighbor's dog, a duck in the park, a car in the junkyard, a traffic light on the street… Everyday scenery blends with inner fantasy, constantly shifting and changing. The imaginative illustrations that unfold with each footstep may seem simple at first glance, but within them, all sorts of situations shift and change in endless variety.\n\nThe neighbor returning from his morning walk appears, as does a brave knight slaying a dragon, and an adorable little sibling. There are playful warnings about losing your head if you're not careful, lurking dangers everywhere, and even a stranger tempting with sweet candy. Sometimes it's an ordinary moment, like remembering Mom's words at a traffic light; sometimes it's a more complex thought, like recalling a police station through a fingerprint; and sometimes it's a warm scene, like family welcoming you home from school. All of these moments unfold cheerfully through restrained lines and colors, weaving between association and metaphor.\n\nFor today's children, who often don't know how to play without some flashy toy or gadget, how wonderful it is to create a story using nothing but imagination—just by walking and looking around! Inspired by the idea that even a passing sign or a single blade of grass by the road can spark an entirely different story, children will be encouraged to build their own special world of imagination.\n\nIn The Way to School, each footstep represents a child's heart, brimming with curiosity about the world. For children just beginning to step out into the world, these footprints offer encouragement—go anywhere, wander freely—and boldly ask about a hopeful future. When will my little sibling take their first steps?\n\nOne path to school, another path home—thinking back on where my feet took me today, and what stories unfolded along the way, naturally draws my attention to the people and places around me, and helps me take one more step out into the world. That's why The Way to School is a picture book we wholeheartedly recommend for growing children.","brand":"IBOOKPARK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49624258085092,"sku":"07192023998","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/9788\/6692\/files\/9788984141346.jpg?v=1786426262","url":"https:\/\/ibookpark.com\/en\/products\/%ed%95%99%ea%b5%90-%ea%b0%80%eb%8a%94-%ea%b8%b8","provider":"IBOOKPARK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}