Nancy Dickman (Jieun), Monica Andino (pictured), Kim Min-kyung (moving) Polar Bear 2024-05-13
Hardcover 156 pages 135×212 mm 830 g ISBN: 9791165883645
book introduction
*A fun world play encyclopedia
*Organizing a game where you can play alone, two people, and many people can play.
Exciting trip around the world for fun.
Let's play! Let's play together!』 is a world play encyclopedia that invites all children to an exciting play world. Play is a fun activity and it also makes you learn the knowledge that is essential for your child's growth. Also, play lets you communicate, socialize, and grow up with the people around you. In short, play is not only fun, but it is also a comprehensive activity that learns knowledge and culture and promotes health and sociality.
This book is full of games where you can have fun for hours and hours by just learning simple rules. You can enjoy not only Korean traditional games but also various and different games from many countries around the world. Depending on the number of people required, there are games played alone, games played by two people, and games played by many people. If the experience of playing together while reading this book builds up, our child will grow up healthy, bright and wise.
★Connection of subjects ★
Coursework: Integration of the 2nd semester of the first year (Autumn 1) 1. This is Korea.
Integration of 2nd grade 2nd semester (Winter 2) 1. Traveling around the world.
3rd grade physical education 1. Health 3. Competition 4. Expression
4th grade physical education 3. Competition
Grade 5 P.E. 3. Competition
6th grade physical education 1. Health 2. Challenge
#Keywords: play, culture, exercise, global community
A book that learns and plays with many countries around the world.
Did you watch the movie <Squid Game> by any chance? Thanks to this movie, which features many traditional games enjoyed by Korean children, "The Mugunghwa Bloomed," marbles, and squid play have attracted attention worldwide.
In fact, there are a lot of other places where people play statues such as Mugunghwa flowers bloomed and do towel spinning where many people sit together. For example, in many Western countries, there is a game called Duck, Duck, Goose (Deok, Duck, Goose) that is similar to our towel spinning. The names and rules may be slightly different, but the basic principles are the same. By the way, have you heard of games such as Beautiful Body, Cat Gut, Swarms of Sardines, and Ghosts of the Cemetery? This game, which has a very interesting name, is popular in other countries.
Each country has its own game of different cultures. There are games where you sit calmly and use your head, and there are games that are quick and ridiculous. There are some new games that have just been played, and others that people have played for a long time. The book is designed to help you find fun world games for yourself, just like traveling to many countries around the world. Exciting and fun playing worlds all over the world are waiting for our children!
a roundup of games that can be played alone, in two, or in a group.
Children all over the world wear different clothes, say different things, and eat different foods. But there is one thing in common. Let's play right away! Play is like a universal language.
Play is not just a fun activity, but it is essential for children's growth. For example, animals like lion cubs also like to play. Lion cubs also have fun and learn the skills they need to hunt. People are similar! Our children also learn how to train themselves through play, communicate with each other, and hang out.
Each page of this book introduces a different game. It's very exciting to just look around and find fun games. The table of contents of this book is organized according to how many friends are needed for play. It is designed to make it easy to find a play that is played alone, a play that is played by two people, a play that is played by three to five people, and a play for a large group. You can look at how many friends you have to play with and find fun things to play with in this book.
Vibrant illustrations, information that comes in easily.
On each page, the illustrations drawn using the characteristics of each game are bright, pleasant, and lively. Painter Monica Andino carefully painted each piece to match the contents of the various games. For example, when introducing our country's play, the characteristics of Korea are alive, and when introducing the play of South or Africa, the characteristics of the region are expressed in pictures. The movements that fit perfectly in the text explaining how to play are also concise and shown in various gestures. This harmony between writing and painting makes it much easier to understand the rules of play.
At the top of the page, important information about play is collected and easily caught. You can quickly grasp basic information about indoor play, outdoor play, how much space you need, how many people play, and which country's play.
On the other hand, you can learn interesting facts and origins about play through tip information organized separately from how to play. You also learn how a game connects to the culture of the country.
About the author
Nancy Dickman (Jieun)
I grew up reading encyclopedias for fun. I have published over 200 books so far, but there are many children's books mainly related to science. I always like to learn new things and do research. He is particularly interested in space, and has interviewed astronomers, spacecraft designers, Mars rover drivers, and astronauts to write books. Now I live as a full-time writer of my dreams.
Monica Andino (pictured)
Born in Honduras, now living in Illinois, USA, working as an illustrator, graphic designer, and art educator. I've been working on numerous projects with people from different countries for more than a decade. It was selected as a finalist for illustrator at the 2023 Bologna International Children's Book Fair.
KIM MIN KYUNG (Moving)
I studied Russian literature at Korea University, and I work as a writer and translator. Do you want to come to my neighborhood?I wrote 』 and translated picture books 『My Cloud Friend』 and 『Now, Right Here 여기 into Korean. I'm Dongin from the creative group 'Little Bird'. I hope that adults and children can have a lot of fun after reading this book.
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