The three-year tumble : based on a Korean folktale /
"Based on the traditional Korean folktale "Samnyeongogae" ("Three-Year Mountain Pass"), this picture book parable by Korean-German artist Dayeon Auh features a fateful mountain, a superstitious grandfather, and a granddaughter with a clever perspective on life. Legend says t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the German. |
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New York :
NorthSouth Books,
[2025]
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| Edition: | English edition. |
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| Summary: | "Based on the traditional Korean folktale "Samnyeongogae" ("Three-Year Mountain Pass"), this picture book parable by Korean-German artist Dayeon Auh features a fateful mountain, a superstitious grandfather, and a granddaughter with a clever perspective on life. Legend says that anyone who falls down Misfortune Mountain has three years left to live. Grandfather must travel over the treacherous mountain to get to the market, but one day catastrophe happens and he tumbles down! The doctor says he is perfectly healthy, but Grandfather feels the end is near . . . until his granddaughter comes to visit and makes a different calculation about his fate. From then on, the legend of the mountain takes on a new meaning and everyone finds themselves eager to tumble down it. A fable that demonstrates how a change in one's mindset can make a positive impact"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Item Description: | First published in Switzerland in 2024 by NordS|d Verlag AG under the title "Ein Berg. Eing Sturtz. Ein langes leben." |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Audience: | Ages 4-8. Grades K-1. |
| Awards: | Aesop Prize, 2025 ; USBBY. Outstanding Int'l Books List, 2026 ; CSMCL. Best Books, 2025 ; New York Times Best Illustrated Books for Children, 2025 |
| ISBN: | 9780735845749 0735845743 |