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"No! I won't do it! I'll do it! I don't know!"
What mother hasn't heard these words while raising a child? What exactly do they dislike? Why won't they do something? What are they capable of?
In the mother's eyes, it is just the complaint of a stubborn child.
The child who was so lovable and angelic that you wouldn't mind putting her in your eye suddenly starts to act like a rebellious teenager, spitting out words and burning your heart! She's seven years old!
As the saying goes, 'the ugly seven years!' Is that really true?

｜The days of our lost self-esteem
Received a gift from my seven year old daughter!
This book was first started by my second daughter.
A child who has grown up reading and listening to picture books since he was very young came across the word 'true' in a book and fell under the spell of that word.
After that, he would make people laugh by adding the word 'true' anywhere.
For example, someone asks, “Have you had breakfast?” and the child replies, “I have, but I haven’t had a real breakfast yet.” The child’s idea of ​​a “real breakfast” is a proper meal with soup, grilled fish, and kimchi and seaweed.
When a child is upset about his family, he says, "I feel like my family isn't really my family."
One day, I was looking through a notebook where I had written down some of my child's words here and there, and I had a thought.
What if we combined the word "true," a child's love, with the age of seven, a time of hyper-self-consciousness? Then, a series of interesting thoughts began to arise.
While I was at it, I asked seven-year-olds around me what age they consider a "real seven-year-old." They asked, "The age when you go fishing with your dad," "The age when you realize that adults make mistakes too," "The age when you don't change your shoes," "The age when you don't soak kimchi in water."
Realistic and interesting answers followed.
This is how “True Seven Years Old” was created.


There are countless sevens in this world, like stars in the sky and flowers in the fields.

But there aren't that many true seven-year-olds.


｜A true seven-year-old, can he be this cool?
The best picture book that will make both mother and child laugh!

It's easy to say "the ugly sevens," but it's really an expression of the bewilderment and wonder felt by a child who is beginning to fully feel, express, and assert his or her own existence.
The ultimate wonder is “The True Seven Years Old.”
A child with full self-esteem who says that after being born on this earth and living for seven years, he should be able to do something like this.
There is no doubt or cowardice there.

He says that losing a front tooth is not something to be ashamed of, but something that a seven-year-old should do, that not running away from a needle is true courage, and that understanding that it was the adults' mistake instead of crying when you didn't get the gift you wanted is what a true seven-year-old is.

As I read each page, I couldn't help but laugh and admire the thought that seven years old is such a wonderful age, and that all the behavior that seemed like rebellion and stubbornness until just a moment ago might actually be the children's earnest struggle to grow into independent individuals.

What does a real breakfast look like? What does a real family look like?
One day, I received a life treasure from my seven-year-old daughter who was wandering in search of the true meaning of the word 'true'. Perhaps we too live to become true beings no matter how old we are, so I read this book with my child and it filled me with laughter and emotion.


A book that children who visit the library especially like.
Every time I say a word, he sympathizes and reacts with his whole body.
A fun book to read from time to time.

-Jeong Bong-nam, Director of the Suncheon Miracle Library-


｜Shout out the real~! The self-esteem hidden inside me is bursting out!!

〈The True Seven Years Old〉 was published in 2011 and has been consistently loved by children and adults ever since.

As author Heo Eun-mi said, “The Real Seven Years Old” was born from careful observation of a child’s behavior and words and extraordinary empathy.
Because the heart of a mother who loves her child comes before the heart of the author, it evokes deep emotion and empathy.
Artist Oh Jeong-taek's paintings also make me laugh out loud throughout the book.
The child is seriously talking about his true feelings, and the comical moment is created by showing the child's feelings more earnestly through exaggerated expressions and situations.

These days, both adults and children often use the word self-esteem.
I try to find a lot of information and put it into practice to build my self-esteem.
But is it possible to develop true self-esteem through learning alone?
“True Seven Years Old” makes you laugh lightly and think about the heavy existence of life.
Let's read each sentence out loud! Every time we shout "true~," we realize that seven isn't a mean or hateful age, but rather a truly wonderful age, brimming with quirky imagination and curiosity about the world.


are you okay!
Unless you are truly seven years old
When you really turn eight,
If you are not really eight years old
When you become truly nine years old,
If you are not really nine years old
Because when you really turn ten… .