Busy busy mom and curious leader Bonggu
The Strange and Beautiful Way to Kindergarten

What's so busy every morning, Mom? She runs around in a hurry, without even a moment to make eye contact with Bong-gu as he opens his eyes or talk to him as he eats breakfast.
Although it takes a while for Bonggu to leave the house, he always looks forward to going to kindergarten.
And when something stands out, I shout.
“Mom, just a moment.” It’s an alley I’ve walked down a hundred times, but one day the gruff telephone pole man turns into a robot, and another day the mailbox teases me by saying “Meron.”
The thing that makes my heart race the most is when I pass by a stationery store.
We have everything you need except what's not in a stationery store.
There's also Bonggu's favorite slime.
But you have to be careful.
There's a rumor that the old man at the stationery store takes children whose soles are visible when the full moon rises.
Bong-gu doesn't believe the rumors, but he goes to the stationery store when his grandmother is there.
Because Bonggu likes his grandmother.
It's not that I'm scared of my grandfather at all.
If you go a little further, there is an underground world where Bonggu's friends live.
The mini car he dropped a month ago, the 100 won coin his mom gave him as allowance, and the jelly that fell out of his pocket without him knowing, are all waiting for Bong-gu to come back.
I have to check in once a day to see if my friends are doing well.

Mom doesn't know Bonggu's feelings and only talks to the clock.
Bonggu knows too.
Mom said I shouldn't be late for work.
Bonggu starts running for his mother.
His mother tries to stop him, saying it's dangerous, but Bong-gu is anxious.
Still, you have to cross the lava sea carefully, stepping only on the mushroom garden.
Bonggu is so happy to be sniffling with his mom.
As the mushroom garden ends, a bubbling sea of ​​lava follows, and Bonggu's feet just start to tremble.
It's only a short walk, but what can I do? Will busy mom and curious Bonggu be able to get to kindergarten safely today?

The author's imagination and empathy stand out
A thrilling, heartwarming, and life-like fantasy

It is not easy for adults to communicate with children.
It takes a lot of effort to assess a child's bundle of thoughts, where each day is new and full of new and interesting things, through the eyes of an adult surrounded by familiarity rather than novelty.
Instead of telling your child to do this or that, try making eye contact and smiling. Instead of muttering to yourself while looking at your watch, try asking your child, "What are you doing now?" Instead of dissuading them, try holding their hand and running together. Artist Lee Young-rim, as if stepping into a child's mind, vividly portrays the world reflected in a child's eyes throughout her work.
In the world seen through a child's eyes, everything is alive and constantly interested in the child.
The stationary telephone pole becomes a robot that stares at the child and greets him, the mailbox filled with letters becomes a neighbor teasing him to play together, the wall window glances at the child, and even the doorbell, doorknob, fire hydrant, and mop greet the child as if they had been waiting for it.
A child who used to run around worried that his mother would be late for work quickly becomes absorbed in his own play world as if nothing had happened.
Pick out the sidewalk blocks and try taekwondo, and enjoy the mushroom garden in your mind as you watch the mushrooms growing out between the blocks.
A mother who can no longer wait and runs with her child in her arms is the best pterosaur in the world for her child.
When I see a child running towards his mother, who turns around after arriving at kindergarten and shouting, “Mom, wait a minute!”, I realize that that is always the end of children’s imagination and the support of their hearts.

Author Lee Young-rim's unique fantasy stories, salvaged from the everyday life that has been wasted, become the key to entering children's hearts.
When you open the door and enter, a magical world of fantasy unfolds before you, and inside, it is filled with a warmth that is felt even more deeply because of the pure innocence of childhood.
Just as you wander down an alley and discover new things in every corner, feel the joy of discovering something new in every scene within the work.
Put aside the "hurry, hurry, hurry" for a moment and ask your child, "What fun things will happen today?"
The first steps of the morning filled with anticipation will give you a wonderful and great day.