The most desired vending machine, chosen by children themselves: Friend
The third installment of the children's best-selling "Vending Machine Series" has been released!

『Mom Vending Machine』 and 『Dad Vending Machine』 are series that have been loved by children and have established themselves as steady sellers in the children's field.
The reason the 'Vending Machine Series' was loved is because it warmly touched the hearts of children who love playing with their mothers and the hearts of children who wish their busy fathers would play with them.
The situation where the mom and dad I want appear in a vending machine evokes imagination and empathy, and the sight of the mom and dad appearing in tights makes me laugh.


When Kyunghee Cho, the author and illustrator of the vending machine series, met with young readers during lectures, she would ask, “What kind of vending machine do you want to have next?”
There were a lot of quirky and fun vending machines, but the word that kids shouted out the most was 'friend'.
We've created a brand new product, "Friend Vending Machine," that captures the spirit of these children and is equipped with even more exciting imagination and powerful laughter.


Friendships are very important for children to grow up.
Learn rules and communicate while playing games, exercising, and having fun with friends.
But even when you're having fun, there are times when you fight with your friends over trivial matters.
What should you do when you have a conflict with a friend? "Friend Vending Machine" naturally teaches you that who you play with is more important than what you do, and how to sincerely apologize to a friend.


“We play together every day, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.”
A picture book that teaches the importance of friends and the joy of playing together.

Shinwoo and Doori are best friends.
But today, the things we wanted to do were different.
Shinwoo wanted to play tag, and Doori wanted to ride a bike.
The two decided to play rock-paper-scissors to decide what game to play.
Shinwoo, who lost at rock-paper-scissors, suddenly says he doesn't want to play with Doori and goes home.
An angry Doori goes for a bike ride with his brothers.
Shinwoo, who saw Doori riding his bike happily, feels upset and lies down on the sofa to fall asleep.


At that time, a ‘friend vending machine’ appears in front of Shinwoo.
The friends in the vending machine ask Shinwoo to play with them.
Shinwoo, who is excited, presses all the vending machine buttons.
I play a variety of games with my friends, such as tag, running, tag, and dancing.
In the process, Shinwoo realizes that anything is fun when you're with your friends.
Then the doorbell rings and Doori comes.
Will Shinwoo be able to reconcile with Doori?

“Vending machines solve children’s problems!”
Picture books to help children who struggle with friendships

Shinwoo, whose mom and dad were his whole world, went to school.
Now, for Shinwoo, his friends are important.
But building relationships is still awkward and difficult.
Infants and toddlers learn about relationships by communicating with their mothers and fathers.
Children learn language, emotions, and social norms through interactions with their parents.
But as children grow older and go to school, they need to build relationships and communicate with friends.


Friends are different from parents.
Parents provide a strong fence that provides unconditional love to their children.
But friends need to break free from the rigid fence and build relationships on equal footing.
You need to control your emotions and understand the emotions of others.
This process will not be easy for the child.
As an early childhood education specialist and picture book expert, author Kyunghee Cho knows how important friends are to children and what difficulties children face in their friendships.
The author's hope that children will learn rules, communication, and conflict resolution while having fun playing with friends is captured in "Friend Vending Machine."
I hope that young readers will have fun and enjoy playing with the charming friends in the vending machine and experience the happiness of “Playing with friends is really, really, really fun!”


Children need to play with their friends.
Because when you're with friends, you can come up with new games every day and make them more and more awesome.
It's such a blessing that children can have so much fun playing.
I created this book because I wanted to help children find happiness.

- From the author's note