A lovely winter fantasy from Annyeongdal, a writer who excites the whole family.
“We invite you to a secret world under the blanket that opens only in winter.”

Annyeongdal, who has become a unique author loved by the entire family with works such as ‘Watermelon Swimming Pool’ and ‘Carrot Kindergarten’.
His tenth original picture book, “Winter Blanket,” has been published.
Following 『Snow Child』, which was released last winter, this is another winter fantasy created with the author's shining sensibility.


On winter days, when it's time for the children to come home from school, the fireplace at Grandma and Grandpa's house is heated up.
Thanks to this, the child's body, which was frozen by the cold wind, quickly thaws.
The child takes off his thick winter clothes, puts on light underwear, and gets under the blanket spread on the floor.
Between the boiling hot stove and the cozy cotton blanket, a secret space unfolds...
The author, who has created beautiful fantasy worlds of watermelons, sky shells, alien planets, and kindergartens with his unique fairytale-like imagination, has now created a surprising space under the comforter.
In particular, the structure of this work, which overlaps another fantasy space within a fantasy space, adds to the fun.
It delights readers by taking them on a journey from a country house to a hot sauna, to an alley where they used to run around on a summer day, and to a river where they used to go sledding.
A scene unfolds in a grand manner, where a child's imagination, starting from an ordinary space under the blankets of a small room, melts away the bitter cold in an instant.


“Give me four bear butt eggs and a container of ice granny sikhye!”
A story of family love as round as an egg and as sweet as sikhye

Between the lower part of the room and the cozy cotton blanket, a ‘steam room’ is set up.
Grandmother and grandfather, who were enjoying a sauna by laying down animals big and small on the floor and pouring water on a bowl of hot rice, greeted their grandchild with a bright smile.
When you open 『Winter Blanket』, readers are instantly invited to a place where they can lie down together, lazily relax, tell interesting stories, and share laughter.
The space that grandparents create for their grandchildren embraces the child with ample warmth, becoming another protagonist that conveys the grandparents' love.
Boiled eggs and sikhye are simple snacks, but here, they become 'bear butt eggs' steamed by a bear with its butt heat, and 'ice grandmother sikhye' scooped by a grandmother from under the ice.
It is a space where magic happens and anything becomes special when you look at it with affectionate eyes.
The fireplace and ondol room in the country house where my grandparents live evokes the nostalgic feelings of my parents' generation.
The warmth of family love that spreads through those old landscapes is what children today need most.


"It feels like drinking cold sikhye while covering yourself with a thick cotton blanket on a warm ondol floor.
Please look at this book."
-A word from the author of Annyeongdal

A child's tender dreams blossoming in a warm, cozy room
I hope for a winter where no one is lonely.

In "Winter Blanket," familiar scenes unfold in a warm and cozy way, such as grandparents enjoying a hot sauna and exclaiming "It's cool!", and children rolling around on the floor, watching TV, and eating winter snacks. The book also vividly depicts the steam, hot floor, ice-cold sikhye, and the faint sounds of talking and laughter heard in sleep, giving us the sensations we long for on winter days.


The child's vague dreams, recalled while lying on the floor with his head on his grandmother's lap, make an ordinary afternoon peaceful and happy.
The final scene, where the father, carrying the sleeping child on his back, suddenly feels the child's body temperature, deeply conveys the warm love that flows between three generations of the family, from the grandparents to the parents.


This is a heartwarming story that makes everyone, including children without siblings or friends to play with, elderly people who have difficulty moving around and spend a lot of time watching TV in their rooms, men who have to carry their sleeping children home alone after work late, and even animals in faraway places who curl up quietly and hibernate, wish for a winter without loneliness.