A magical imagination that cools down midsummer
Another summer story from the author of "Watermelon Pool."

“I’ll let you hear the sound of the sea.”
One day, an unexpected summer vacation came to Grandma!

"Grandma's Summer Vacation" is the second original picture book by author Annyeongdal, who received enthusiastic responses and expectations from both children and adult readers with the picture book "Watermelon Swimming Pool," which sparkled with lively imagination.
This work, which stands out for its calm imagination that freely moves between reality and fantasy, begins its story one summer day when a grandson comes to visit a grandmother who lives alone.
The space where Grandma lives is meticulously described with a buzzing, broken fan, a television, family photos, a single sofa, a small table, and cute flower pots.
Although there is no explanatory text, the picture alone is enough to give an idea of ​​the grandmother's personality and emotions.
After the grandson gives his grandmother a conch shell that lets her hear the sound of the ocean, the grandmother, who is sitting in her empty room watching television, suddenly enters the conch shell with her dog Mary and enjoys her summer vacation.
The author impressively expresses the overall work by contrasting the house where the grandmother spends her daily life with the sea where she enjoys her vacation.
If the grandmother's house was expressed in a dense manner with small props, the sea is a space where an open view and bold composition unfold, and if the grandmother's appearance in everyday life was expressed in a quiet and reserved manner, the sea is expressed in a cheerful and humorous atmosphere.
The outstanding imagination and delicate scene direction combined to create an exciting story of the magical events that happened to the grandmother.
"Grandma's Summer Vacation" is a picture book that lets readers fully experience the joys of vacation and travel through a grandmother who goes on an unexpected summer vacation.


A seaside scenery that offers relaxation and comfort

In this picture book, the seaside scenery where the grandmother spends her summer vacation is filled with beautiful scenes drawn with particular care by the author.
The scene of the emerald sea and fine sandbar, expressed with an open composition and clear colors, conveys a refreshing feeling that makes one forget the heat, and provides rest and comfort to the grandmother.
This seaside scenery will evoke excitement and thrill for the sea in children reading the picture book, and a faint sense of nostalgia in adults.
The entire seaside landscape, completed with delicate strokes of pencil and colored pencil, unfolds with a warm atmosphere, and the cartoon-style cut division creates variation and rhythm on the screen.
The scene of my grandmother sharing a watermelon with a seagull and rolling around in the sand with a seal, sunbathing, makes me smile.

The arrangement of animals and small props that appear in the work is also interesting.
Sora appears throughout the work, leading the entire story and playing an important role in connecting reality and fantasy.
The souvenir shop, painstakingly created by the author, is also impressive.
This shop with the red-haired girl sells sea-scented air fresheners, sea travel conchs, sea breeze switches, and more, and the fish sing the song of the sea to the accompaniment of an octopus's guitar.
Although it is not readily apparent, it harmoniously arranges refreshing ideas and fun elements to stimulate the reader's imagination and enrich the story.


The power to fix a broken fan
A heart that thinks of the marginalized

Grandma returns from her summer vacation and puts a sea breeze switch on her broken fan.
The fan, whose strong wind button had been broken, is now whirring and blowing cool air again.
The cheerful imagination of the author of Annyeongdal does not just stretch lightly throughout.
Where imagination passes, it leaves a long aftertaste in the mind as well as emotional satisfaction.
This wonderful imagination, which started from a child's desire to fix his grandmother's broken fan and send her on a vacation when she was sick, actually has the power to make us think of all the people around us who live alone.