“Grandpa, do you know the way to the dirt?”
The courageous adventure of Melon Seed
A picture book that supports all of our dreams
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The dream of a melon seed is to go into the soil and become a sweet and delicious melon.
Grandpa Dust worries that the road to dirt will not be easy.
As expected, the small melon seeds are blown away by the wind, hit by a cat's tail, kicked by a foreleg, caught on a butterfly's wing, and then eaten by a bird.
You may even fall from the sky and lose consciousness during a high-altitude dive.
And that's not all? You're once again at risk of being eaten by mice out in search of food.


But Melon Seed doesn't give up.
It digs deep into the soil, takes root, and sprouts.
Whenever I encounter hot sun, strong wind, or cold rain, I sing a song and overcome it bravely.


“I’m a great melon seed! Ugh, ugh! I can handle it!”
Dust, sunlight, wind, rain, moonlight, and starlight impart their beautiful energy to these melon seeds.
Finally, the melon seeds produce yellow flowers that resemble moonlight, the yellow melon.


A rhythmic piece filled with warm heart,
A harmony of lovely and bold pictures

The author of this book, Im Su-jeong, came across a melon seed that had sprouted in a washing machine strainer one summer day.
What was the dream of the melon seed, struggling to sprout in the darkness, devoid of light, desperately trying to achieve? The author wrote this book with the hope of one day making that dream come true.


Jeon Mi-hwa, the illustrator of this book, supports the dream of the melon seeds with her bold illustrations.
The diverse flora and fauna that Melon Seed encounters, as well as the blazing sunlight, the howling wind, and the cold, pitter-patter rain, all capture the eye with their bold colors and expressions.
The sight of all kinds of insects swarming around the melon blossoms and the vines ripening into a deep green fully conveys the freshness of early summer.
The drawings, drawn lovingly, boldly, and sometimes wittily, are combined with rhythmic text to create a lovely work of art.


A life of plants met with joyful imagination,
A book about the cycle of nature and ecology

The story of "The Great Melon Seed" contains the cycle of nature.
All the plants, vegetables, and fruits in the world grow with all their might and do their best to come to us.
Holding tightly to the dreams of seeds that will bloom in the next world.
Inside the soft and sweet white flesh of the melon, there are countless melon seeds hanging in clusters.
The melon seeds mixed with the sweet juice go into my mouth, but a few of them end up in the corners of my mouth, on my sleeve, or on the floor without me knowing.
No one would have known, right? The fact is that the melon seeds were trying their best to escape!

On the way from spring to summer, we encounter numerous fruits.
Sweet and delicious fruits contain seeds of all shapes and colors.
If you look closely, you can see that the seeds each have a different appearance.
No two are the same.
Just as our children each have different dreams and shine in their own unique ways.


In "The Great Melon Seed," we hope that our children will be curious about even the smallest things and treasure them.
And finally, like a melon seed that has achieved its dream, it is filled with a wish to support the dreams of our children.