Author's Note
Following the story of the mischievous twin gloves in "Good Job, Twin Gloves!", the story of the cowardly plastic gloves has come out.
Vinyl gloves are as timid and delicate as they are thin and transparent.
But when it comes to thinking of my friends, I am second to none.
Vinyl Gloves, who always received help from his friends, decided to be brave this time for his friends.
Everyone has moments when they need courage.
If I had friends who believed in me at times like that, I could be much braver.
Please cheer loudly so that vinyl gloves can have courage!

Even if you're a coward, do it when you have to!
When we try to understand the world with our immature bodies and minds, we often find ourselves bound by worry and fear.
If your entire body is made of thin, transparent plastic, then there's no need to say more.
Vinyl gloves are the biggest scare thing in elementary school.
Today is the day of the once-a-semester Starlight Camp, so all the Glove friends are excited about going up to Glove Mountain and looking at the stars.
But in Vinyl Glove's head, there is nothing but worry.
‘What if it gets blown away by the wind? What if there’s a fire in the mountain?’ The worries keep coming back to haunt me.

But then, the thing I was really worried about happened.
The mischievous twins' gloves broke their only flashlight.
The teacher and his gloves-clad friends were groping their way down a dark mountain path when they ended up falling off a cliff.
The only thing that kept me safe was the light plastic gloves that were fluttering around.
“Vinyl Gloves, I think you should go and get the adults!” the teacher shouted desperately, but Vinyl Gloves was even more scared.
It felt like something was going to jump out of the dark forest at any moment.
But the only thing that can help teachers and friends is plastic gloves.
Can the cowardly vinyl gloves go down the mountain alone and call for rescue?
"Cheer Up, Plastic Gloves!" is a picture book that fills the hearts of children who are often hesitant to act due to worry and fear with bright light.
No, perhaps the heart of the vinyl glove that does what it could never do for itself, for its teacher and friends, is already a light that brightens the world.

A picture book that captures the lives of children who are all different and special.
The "Glove Elementary School" series is the first book written and illustrated solely for children by author Yoo Seol-hwa, who has been asking serious questions to both children and adults through her picture books.
This series originated from a request from a child the author met at a lecture hall.
After receiving a request to “Please make my story into a picture book too!”, he said he wanted to capture the lovely images of the children he had met in a picture book.
All the children in this book have the appearance of gloves.
Curious leather gloves, tough rubber gloves, honest boxing gloves, diligent scrubbing gloves, stylish lace gloves, spirited baseball gloves, gluttonous kitchen gloves, mischievous twin gloves, and even soft-bodied and soft-hearted vinyl gloves… .
Each child has a different personality and talent, and each glove has a different purpose.

In the previous work, "Well Done, Twin Gloves," the image of a child who was still rough and awkward in expressing himself was captured in a four-fingered thumb glove, but this time, the image of a child who is fearful and full of worries is captured in a thin, transparent vinyl glove.
Vinyl gloves are very thin and can easily get hurt, but their transparency actually holds infinite possibilities.
If we fill it with bright light, we can illuminate the darkness of the world.
"Cheer Up, Vinyl Gloves" is filled with the author's trust and support for the infinite possibilities of children's hearts.
Just as the vinyl gloves filled my body with bright light and flew up, illuminating the path ahead for my friends, I hope this book will brighten the hearts of children who are afraid and timid.