The "Kakao Friends Heart Picture Book" series has been published!
Bologna Ragazzi Award-winning author Young-eun Ahn X Kakao Friends
A lighthearted and emotional story that delicately touches on children's emotions!

The "Kakao Friends Heart Picture Book" series is a series that sheds light on the emotions of "sadness," "fear," and "anger" that children commonly experience in their daily lives, and contains ways to deal with them in a healthy way.
Muji, Neo, Frodo, Apeach, Tube, Jay-G and Hatataji, and even Mujin and Con.
All the cute and unique Kakao Friends characters appear, capturing children's attention at a glance, and the new imagination and sparkling story of author Young-eun Ahn, winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award, add to the joy of reading.


The book's end contains an 'Emotion Diagnosis' and 'How to Use Emotions' guide by author Lee Hyeon-a based on the emotional development of young children.
Parents will learn how to communicate with their children in a way that empathizes with their emotions, and children will be able to develop the ability to face their emotions wisely.


“Why were you angry?”
The complexity of the emotion called 'anger'

Have you ever been so angry that a small spark ignites into a fiery, uncontrollable rage? In the book, Muji begins with a small argument with a friend, only to be engulfed in a storm of rage.
Only after losing one's temper can one truly look into one's own heart.
We find complex emotions such as disappointment, frustration, and bewilderment tightly woven together within the face of anger.


In this way, our emotions collide and mix here and there, and suddenly pop out in an unfamiliar face that we don't even know about.
Young children, in particular, often find it difficult to express their emotions in concrete words, so they often express them first through actions.
Like the ignorant and their friends who are screaming.
『Buruk Buruk Ignorance and Ice Cream』 is a story about finding a natural exit from the emotion called 'anger' by tightly weaving together the tangled knots of emotions.
Children will be able to look into their own emotions and learn how to express anger in a healthy way.

"Sorry!"
A place of reconciliation is revealed as the fog clears

As his angry feelings gradually subsided, Muji recalled happy memories of his friends.
At that moment, the frozen icicles melt away and turn into sweet ice cream cones.
The sight of Muji giving fun names to ice cream while thinking of his friends is so cheerful that it makes my shoulders sway back and forth, as if he were playing a harmonious piece.
Can ignorance reach out to its friends and express its regret?

"Buruk Buruk Ignorance and Ice Cream" shows the magic of how, when emotions are honestly expressed, tangled like a thread, they become refreshingly unraveled.
Children will empathize with the ignorant words, “I didn’t know how to express how frustrated I was,” and gain the courage to speak honestly about their feelings.
It also helps children move toward true recovery by building a bridge in their hearts so that they can move from saying, "It's because of you," to saying, "This is how I felt."

Sharp icicles turned into fluffy ice cream!
Nature that stirs, roars, and embraces along the emotional line

『Buruk Buruk Ignorance and Ice Cream』 rhythmically depicts nature changing according to the friends' emotions.
As the friends start yelling and blaming each other, a fierce wind blows through the peaceful forest, and the trees' expressions become increasingly fierce as if they are very angry.
Soon the forest, like the hearts of my friends, is frozen solid and covered with sharp icicles.
But as the friends regain their smiles, the sharp icicles melt away and turn into round ice cream cones, and the colorful forest once again embraces the children.
In this way, the ‘forest’ is set as an ‘emotional space’, metaphorically depicting the process of anger and recovery, adding excitement to the story.
Let's dive into a fantastic story where a cold heart like a icicle melts and turns into ice cream.