“Should I say something? Or should I just hold it in?”
Another worry for the timid Mr. Wolf has begun!

In the picture book "Greetings," the timid wolf man who played a game of wits with the neighbor fox child to see who would greet him first moves into an apartment.
But before I could even begin to enjoy the new days in my new home, I found myself falling into worry again.
That's why there's a constant thumping noise coming from upstairs.
It's also very frustrating when you can't stand it any longer and try to talk to the security guard, only to have them immediately quiet down.
I can't help but wonder who on earth lives upstairs.


Then one day, Mr. Wolf, who was out throwing out trash, saw an elephant couple heading towards Building 101.
That too, it looks like it's going towards the line where Mr. Wolf lives.
A wife carrying a heavy sack of rice with ease, and a husband boasting thick arms and a strong chest.
I think the culprit is that elephant couple.


As expected, that evening, the whole house was shaken by the sound of thumping from upstairs.
He wants to run over there right away and say something, but the timid Mr. Wolf doesn't have the courage.
What if it's an elephant that can't communicate? It looks very strong...
Someone like me would be a piece of cake.
It's because a thousand thoughts are running through my head.
He's the wolf man who couldn't even say a word to the annoying fox child.
Will Mr. Wolf be able to cleverly solve this troublesome problem?

“I know that feeling, I know it, I know it!”
A writer who tells stories that everyone can relate to with more wit than anyone else.

Author Kim Seong-mi, who evoked deep sympathy from readers around the world with her picture book “Greetings,” has returned with a new picture book, “Neighbor.”
In his previous work, "Greetings," the author vividly portrayed the process of hesitating whether to greet a neighbor or a child first, leading to misunderstandings that pile up and uncomfortable feelings that snowball.
This experience was not unique to us; “Greetings” was translated and published in France, Australia, China, and Taiwan, and is much loved by local readers.

The sequel, "The Neighbor," begins with Mr. Wolf moving into an apartment.
In the latter half of the previous work, the place where the old man arrived in the moving truck was this apartment.
As soon as Mr. Wolf arrives at his new home, he encounters a problem that all Koreans living in apartment complexes face.
Yes, that's right.
It's the problem of noise between floors.


As a representative of the common people, Mr. Wolf is unable to say a word to his neighbor who caused (or is believed to have caused) the problem, and just keeps complaining.
Just by showing them that feeling that is not so different from mine, like a pair of tongs, I can laugh out loud and feel half of my resentment go away.
So, will the following story truly ease Mr. Wolf's mind? Well, maybe not. Let's just say that in matters of neighborly conflict, no one can be the sole perpetrator or victim.


As in her previous works, author Kim Seong-mi delves deeply into the "small hearts" of ordinary people, eliciting deep empathy and delightful laughter from them.
As I look into the everyday moments that the writer holds a magnifying glass over, and exclaim, “I know, I know, I know!” and slap my knee, before I know it, the problems that used to torment my “small heart” will start to seem “not a big deal.”
I'm already curious to see what kind of 'small heart' writer Kim Seong-mi's magnifying glass will turn to next.