In a large, cool watermelon pool
A summer festival for everyone!

The most beloved story of summer, "Watermelon Pool"
★ Bestseller with 300,000 copies sold in Korea
★ Export of copyright to Japan, Taiwan, and China
★ Production of a musical based on a picture book
★ Selected as 'Book of the Year' by Suncheon Miracle Library
★ Selected by the Children's Book Research Association as "Korean Picture Books We Want to Show to Children Around the World"
★ Selected for the Japanese 'Picture Bookstore Award'

"A masterpiece born from a lively imagination." Kookmin Ilbo
"A book that truly lets you experience summer, moving between reality and imagination." Hankyoreh
"A unique imagination, vivid colors, and a warm worldview." The Hankook Ilbo
"A picture book that blends reality and fantasy with a warm touch." Kyunghyang Shinmun
"What a lovely picture book." Gwangju Ilbo
"An author who has opened new horizons in the domestic picture book industry." Seoul Shinmun

A quirky imagination to enjoy the heat
A work that opens the door to a lovely fantasy world

“When the summer sun is at its hottest
The watermelon is fully ripe.
“It’s finally time to open the watermelon pool.”

A quiet country village.
Every year, when the summer sun gets hotter, the 'Watermelon Pool' opens.
A huge watermelon splits in half with a “crack”, allowing the entire village to get in and play.
The watermelon pool is everyone's favorite.
Farmers working in the fields, children playing with rubber bands, and women hanging out laundry all welcome the news of the opening of the watermelon swimming pool.
People of all ages immerse themselves in the cool watermelon.
Children throw watermelon chunks at each other, dive on watermelon leaves, and even make large sculptures out of watermelon seeds and chunks.
Watching the townspeople forget about their daily lives and enjoy the summer at the watermelon pool makes me happy.
Just reading the book and imagining all the different activities you can do in a watermelon pool with the soft, red flesh, round, black seeds, and hard, smooth rind is enough to make you feel happy.
The book not only vividly depicts watermelons, but also conveys the essence of the season through refreshing summer scenes such as children's laughter, cool showers, soft sunsets, and fireflies at night.


A special space for everyone to enjoy regardless of age, gender, or disability.

In "Watermelon Pool," the entire town spends time together, regardless of age, gender, or disability.
The first person to visit the watermelon pool was an old man with white hair.
When I sit down, I automatically say “s ...
The face of the grandmother riding the watermelon rind slide is full of wrinkles, but her expression is full of life.
The watermelon pool is a place where not only children but also uncles, aunts, grandfathers, grandmothers, family, friends, and neighbors come together.
Even children in wheelchairs have no problem playing with their friends here.
The affectionate gaze that cherishes family and neighbors can be felt in the backs of the people who forget their differences and play together, standing shoulder to shoulder and looking at the sunset.


Warm family love in a whole watermelon

“Myeongsu, let’s go home!” The scene where children who had been playing late into the night, unaware of the sun setting, are led home one by one by the sound of their names being called evokes in young readers the satisfaction of having fun and in adult readers a sense of nostalgia for childhood.
As maple leaves fall on the empty swimming pool, the festival ends and the pool closes for the next year.

In the final scene, which shows a whole, eaten watermelon and spoons placed on a tray, we can see that the 'watermelon pool' story is actually an imagination of a family eating watermelon together.
Maybe you're a family looking forward to summer vacation and water sports, or maybe you're a family too busy with everyday life to properly enjoy your vacation.
Either way, the image of my family sitting around a small table, heads together, eating watermelon and spending the summer warms my heart.
"Watermelon Swimming Pool" is the first work written and illustrated by Annyeongdal, who has established herself as a unique author in the Korean picture book world.
The artist's signature use of colored pencils conveys a warm feeling, while the cartoon-style composition creates a lively rhythm on the screen.
This is a masterpiece created through the author's lively imagination and love for those around him.