A person who is good at fixing anything
A person who has a lot of wild imaginations
A person who is good at driving
A person who is good at keeping secrets
A person who is good at riding a bicycle
A person who apologizes first when they make a mistake
A person who always asks questions
A person who is good at giving injections
A person with strong legs
A person who writes letters often
A person who knows as much as an encyclopedia
A person who cries easily
A person who smiles a lot
A person who keeps his promises
A person who goes stargazing
A person with many hobbies
A person who stands up for his friends first
honest person
A person who knows a lot of plant names
People who like to cook
A person who listens to your worries well
A person who plays several instruments
People who travel frequently
A person who doesn't speak informally
A person who doesn't show off
A person who wakes up early in the morning
A person who knows a lot about insects
A person close to art
A grateful person
A person who listens
A person with many wishes
People who love the earth
A person who lives with a child's heart

"What are your hopes for the future? What kind of hopes should you have for the future?"
A Real Future Hope Guide for Children

Poet Park Seong-woo, who captured the hearts of many readers with “Dictionary of the Nine-Year-Old’s Heart,” presents a guide to future hope for children.
Among elementary school students living today, there are some who have wonderful hopes for the future, but many hesitate and cannot answer when asked about their hopes for the future.
The reason why I can't readily say what I want to do in the future is because I don't know what I like or what kind of future I want to have.
When children think about their future aspirations, they often think of many careers, such as athlete, chef, president, scientist, singer, firefighter, and astronaut.
However, a career is only one part of life, and there is no reason why your future aspirations should simply be limited to choosing a career.
So, the author, poet Park Seong-woo, presents a future where people find what they like and live happily and enjoyably, such as 'people who like to cook,' 'people who go stargazing,' 'people with many hobbies,' 'people who travel often,' 'people who are good at driving,' and 'people who play many musical instruments,' as their hopes for the future.
The future aspirations presented by the author are not occupations, so you can dream of multiple future aspirations at the same time.
Through "Twelve-Year-Old Hope," children will realize that hope is not simply a job, but a certain kind of "person," and will be able to dream of more specific and beautiful hopes for the future.
If you imagine what you like and what your dream future looks like through various and unique future aspirations, you will naturally come up with a job that fits that kind of life.
That would be the real first step in deciding on a career path.

“I will become a person who expresses my feelings well!”
A children's book that reminds us of what is truly important in life.

Poet Park Seong-woo talks about the importance of ‘expressing emotions’ in ‘Future Hopes of a Twelve-Year-Old’.
The author, who guided children on how to express their emotions through the best-selling 'Nine-Year-Old Dictionary' series, suggests that becoming an adult who can express one's emotions well, such as 'a person who cries well', 'a person who laughs well', 'a person who always asks questions', and 'a person who is honest', is an important future hope.
It emphasizes that while it is important to have a good job and make a lot of money, it is also important to be able to express your feelings well that is truly important in life.
A child whose only goal in life is a career will inevitably have a different path to adulthood than a child whose future hope is to express his or her emotions well.
Through "Twelve Year Old Hopes," young readers will realize that even as adults, maintaining a childlike heart and honestly expressing one's thoughts and feelings can be an important life goal.

“I want to live happily with other people!”
A book that helps you dream of a beautiful future and community.

"A Twelve-Year-Old's Future Hopes" contains not only dreams of finding one's own happiness and joy, but also concerns about how to live together with others.
Poet Park Seong-woo suggests virtues that children need in the process of living with people around them, such as “a person who is good at keeping secrets,” “a person who apologizes first when they make a mistake,” “a person who stands up for their friends first,” “a person who keeps promises,” “a person who listens well to worries,” and “a person who knows how to be grateful,” as hopes for the future, and reminds us that living in harmony with others is also an important dream.
Furthermore, it helps us to have bold ambitions while reminding ourselves that we are part of the global community, as ‘people who love the Earth.’
Young readers will dream of living happily and caring for others while living together with others as their future hope.
What makes 『Twelve-Year-Old Hopes』 so realistically accessible to young readers is the illustrations of Hong Grim.
Artist Hong Grim expressed various hopes for the future intuitively and sensuously.
Encouraging illustrations that warmly and humorously portray children's dreams will greatly help readers imagine their own dreams.