Children go far
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Book Introduction
For the child who goes further than all adults
We become braver when we move forward hand in hand with children.
Kim Ji-eun, a children's and youth literature critic, writes her first essay.
Critic Kim Ji-eun, who has long discussed children and literature with her brilliant intellect and warm sincerity, publishes her first essay, “Children Go Far.”
This book is a collection of carefully selected prose pieces by critic Kim Ji-eun published in various publications, including columns serialized in the Kyunghyang Shinmun from 2020 to 2023.
The author is the first choice for newspapers, magazines, and book publishers when issues related to children and children's books arise, and is also an influencer with over 22,000 followers on 'X' (formerly Twitter).
The author, a contemporary writer who has always been quick on his feet and loudly conveyed what needed to be said, has written down everything he has seen, experienced, and felt over the years in the creative, critical, and research fields.
The author's voice is always sincere and clear, always ready to learn from children while simultaneously encouraging them to go further.
This book will resonate deeply with adults who, beyond thinking solely through their own childhood memories, contemplate what children are and what the world should be like for children.
Let's take the first step to carrying a gift package into an alley full of children.
We become braver when we move forward hand in hand with children.
Kim Ji-eun, a children's and youth literature critic, writes her first essay.
Critic Kim Ji-eun, who has long discussed children and literature with her brilliant intellect and warm sincerity, publishes her first essay, “Children Go Far.”
This book is a collection of carefully selected prose pieces by critic Kim Ji-eun published in various publications, including columns serialized in the Kyunghyang Shinmun from 2020 to 2023.
The author is the first choice for newspapers, magazines, and book publishers when issues related to children and children's books arise, and is also an influencer with over 22,000 followers on 'X' (formerly Twitter).
The author, a contemporary writer who has always been quick on his feet and loudly conveyed what needed to be said, has written down everything he has seen, experienced, and felt over the years in the creative, critical, and research fields.
The author's voice is always sincere and clear, always ready to learn from children while simultaneously encouraging them to go further.
This book will resonate deeply with adults who, beyond thinking solely through their own childhood memories, contemplate what children are and what the world should be like for children.
Let's take the first step to carrying a gift package into an alley full of children.
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index
Entering
Can't you see part 1?
Age isn't the thing to worry about.
young people who barely survived
Adults should take care of children's food bowls.
Children's Guardians
The death of two people
The day I laughed for the first time
Emotions that everyone has
Growth never ends
Not a dream tree, but a tree now
My child and someone else's child
Thick sadness
Can't you see it?
First visitor in 5,300 years
Children who lost their green
Part 2: A Future with a Future to Read
The Power of Nameless Names
The disappearing 'small strongholds'
A world where anyone can break the rules
The kid next door
Reading Fairy Tales for Adults and Fairy Tales for Adults
Adults coming out to greet us
People who ran with the same heart
An honest mirror called a book
So as not to become a late art
A child reading a book with his nose
A future where there is a future to read
Imagination cannot be chosen
Meet on the tongue
Mysterious Power Users
Part 3: The Courage to Write with Your Eyes Closed
I can't laugh, I can't cry
Big Rock Face
So that you don't end up alone
The courage to write with your eyes closed
If your ornamental child keeps moving
Children's Writing Room
The rabbit's eye clock is always ten minutes past five.
Childhood is not the friend of destruction.
Bicycle Wheel of Care
Memories, standing on stage
The great legacy of silence
Geniuses of Optimism
To some brave little hand
Recommendation
The published article
Books and writings that created stories
Can't you see part 1?
Age isn't the thing to worry about.
young people who barely survived
Adults should take care of children's food bowls.
Children's Guardians
The death of two people
The day I laughed for the first time
Emotions that everyone has
Growth never ends
Not a dream tree, but a tree now
My child and someone else's child
Thick sadness
Can't you see it?
First visitor in 5,300 years
Children who lost their green
Part 2: A Future with a Future to Read
The Power of Nameless Names
The disappearing 'small strongholds'
A world where anyone can break the rules
The kid next door
Reading Fairy Tales for Adults and Fairy Tales for Adults
Adults coming out to greet us
People who ran with the same heart
An honest mirror called a book
So as not to become a late art
A child reading a book with his nose
A future where there is a future to read
Imagination cannot be chosen
Meet on the tongue
Mysterious Power Users
Part 3: The Courage to Write with Your Eyes Closed
I can't laugh, I can't cry
Big Rock Face
So that you don't end up alone
The courage to write with your eyes closed
If your ornamental child keeps moving
Children's Writing Room
The rabbit's eye clock is always ten minutes past five.
Childhood is not the friend of destruction.
Bicycle Wheel of Care
Memories, standing on stage
The great legacy of silence
Geniuses of Optimism
To some brave little hand
Recommendation
The published article
Books and writings that created stories
Detailed image
Into the book
Children do their best to believe what happens in a story, even if it seems nonsensical.
In their eyes, the world is vast and there are many truths yet to be proven, so they do not rashly conclude, “That’s nonsense!”
If you follow the main character, you won't hesitate to go to the ends of the universe or to an unfamiliar place.
--- p.34
All wars are tragic and all separations are devastating.
A child who was not born because he wanted to be born, but is still living hard today, learns the contradiction of life for the first time when he witnesses death.
I strive to know the truth contained in that contradiction.
Even in the face of death, which adults pass by, children grieve with the heart of the entire universe.
Not wanting to leave children to endure this difficult time alone, the author carefully writes fairy tales that talk about death and places them within their reach.
--- p.36
Whenever I have a hard time, I sit down and read a storybook.
In times when we have to endure daily life in anxiety, reading fairy tales can be quite comforting.
I feel like the vitality of this world, which seemed to have disappeared all at once, still remains somewhere, dancing.
The fairy tale features the struggles of a cat, a deer, and a princess.
There are harsh but worthwhile trials, gentle help from chance, and inevitable rewards.
Despair is replaced by calm effort, and the friends in the book eventually get off the ground.
--- p.84
Childhood is supposed to be noisy.
The characteristics of that time were that there were constant fights, it was noisy and things would turn upside down at any moment.
Likewise, good children's literature is not always comfortable.
Good children's literature teaches children the need to fight.
The world aims to show that it can kick back and fight back.
It is free to go back in time and look back on myself 'like a child', but as an adult, you should not be afraid of being kicked by a child 'like an adult'.
--- pp.103-104
As I read, I sometimes wonder how such a small and light object can so move the human heart.
Some say that books are fixed objects and thus do not fit in this era where information is updated every second, but books are also islands floating on the flowing river.
People swim to the island of books at their own pace, gather there, and board a boat rowed by a writer.
Only those who have actually read the book and become readers know how magnificent the scenery unfolds afterward.
--- p.136
What makes discrimination and hate harmful is that they prevent us from loving and respecting ourselves.
It is a mistake to assume that you are exempt from discrimination and hatred.
Have you ever seen your own face hateful towards others?
It will be a face that can never be loved.
Would it be okay if I didn't engage in violent behavior?
No, it isn't.
Contemptuous words, looks, and gestures are all no different from violence.
--- p.153
The adventures of the Lion King brothers in Nangiyeolra are a fierce experiment in how far a pacifist can go against evil, but they are also a demonstration of the good will of history that flows like a river among the powerless.
The hope the author puts into the book is that a good person cannot fail, and even if he stumbles for a moment, the sunlight of Nangilima awaits him behind him.
In their eyes, the world is vast and there are many truths yet to be proven, so they do not rashly conclude, “That’s nonsense!”
If you follow the main character, you won't hesitate to go to the ends of the universe or to an unfamiliar place.
--- p.34
All wars are tragic and all separations are devastating.
A child who was not born because he wanted to be born, but is still living hard today, learns the contradiction of life for the first time when he witnesses death.
I strive to know the truth contained in that contradiction.
Even in the face of death, which adults pass by, children grieve with the heart of the entire universe.
Not wanting to leave children to endure this difficult time alone, the author carefully writes fairy tales that talk about death and places them within their reach.
--- p.36
Whenever I have a hard time, I sit down and read a storybook.
In times when we have to endure daily life in anxiety, reading fairy tales can be quite comforting.
I feel like the vitality of this world, which seemed to have disappeared all at once, still remains somewhere, dancing.
The fairy tale features the struggles of a cat, a deer, and a princess.
There are harsh but worthwhile trials, gentle help from chance, and inevitable rewards.
Despair is replaced by calm effort, and the friends in the book eventually get off the ground.
--- p.84
Childhood is supposed to be noisy.
The characteristics of that time were that there were constant fights, it was noisy and things would turn upside down at any moment.
Likewise, good children's literature is not always comfortable.
Good children's literature teaches children the need to fight.
The world aims to show that it can kick back and fight back.
It is free to go back in time and look back on myself 'like a child', but as an adult, you should not be afraid of being kicked by a child 'like an adult'.
--- pp.103-104
As I read, I sometimes wonder how such a small and light object can so move the human heart.
Some say that books are fixed objects and thus do not fit in this era where information is updated every second, but books are also islands floating on the flowing river.
People swim to the island of books at their own pace, gather there, and board a boat rowed by a writer.
Only those who have actually read the book and become readers know how magnificent the scenery unfolds afterward.
--- p.136
What makes discrimination and hate harmful is that they prevent us from loving and respecting ourselves.
It is a mistake to assume that you are exempt from discrimination and hatred.
Have you ever seen your own face hateful towards others?
It will be a face that can never be loved.
Would it be okay if I didn't engage in violent behavior?
No, it isn't.
Contemptuous words, looks, and gestures are all no different from violence.
--- p.153
The adventures of the Lion King brothers in Nangiyeolra are a fierce experiment in how far a pacifist can go against evil, but they are also a demonstration of the good will of history that flows like a river among the powerless.
The hope the author puts into the book is that a good person cannot fail, and even if he stumbles for a moment, the sunlight of Nangilima awaits him behind him.
--- p.205
Publisher's Review
Respect children as human beings
A guide for adults who want to protect the happiness in their hearts.
Critic Kim Ji-eun, who began her literary career in 1997 when her children's story was selected for the Dong-A Ilbo New Year's Literary Contest, is an irreplaceable figure who has been at the forefront of Korean children's literature for decades, providing critical criticism more diligently and sharply than anyone else.
Kim Ji-eun's path towards children is straight.
He has dreamed of writing children's stories since he was very young, to the point that he decided to study philosophy in college to write children's stories. He currently teaches children's and young adult literature to young artists at Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Kim Ji-eun believes in and follows children and children's books as "teachers of imagination," and is a vocal advocate for the direction society should take for children, online, in print, and in the field.
As a critic truly trusted and followed by many authors and readers, it's time to listen to the voice of Kim Ji-eun, who connects books and the real world.
In Korean society, children are neither happy nor safe.
Sexual predators profit from "baby rooms," and children in the media only receive "likes" when they are portrayed as entertaining to adults.
There are strict age-appropriate expectations and children are only allowed to play when adults tell them to.
This country has the unhappiest children among the 22 OECD member countries.
Children who could naturally find their own allies in the alleys and classrooms no longer easily encounter each other.
The author says, “Children wait for the adults next door to listen to their pain, report it, come to their rescue, and take action.
And I believe,” he says.
The author's statement that all adults must take responsibility for children, as children live in a world created by adults, is essential to today's society.
It is self-evident that children must be protected so that they can live safely and without harm.
However, while the author critically analyzes the situation the child is in, he does not simply explain the nature of the child within it.
It is said that while children are described as “mysterious geniuses” who love play and can vividly empathize with the position of the weak, they never “praise children as a lost paradise for adults or a home for pure angels.”
Rather than giving an easy answer to how to respect children, the author ponders and ponders again.
And he emphasizes that children are growing and becoming independent beings who struggle with the world.
Children are not very obedient and sometimes even rough.
Kim Ji-eun argues that adults should behave like adults, not be afraid of being kicked by children, and not avoid responsibility.
If you follow that elegant voice, you will realize that the world you see from an adult's perspective has become a little lower.
Children's books believe that 'the world can change.'
A Guide to Illuminating the Path to Children's and Young Adult Literature
Children will go much farther than adults.
For children, who will endure the longest periods of time away from adults, the author explores ways to enable them to go to more places and further afield.
The author's answer is always in the book.
Literature for young beings unconditionally understands and supports them, painting a picture of a world where justice triumphs, filled with dreams and hope.
The author explores the broad world of children's and young adult literature, encompassing a wide range of genres including picture books, fairy tales, poetry, and young adult novels.
Fairy tale characters have a wide range of 'refreshments'.
It is a wonderful thing in itself for a small person to grow up to be big, and the narrative created by a growing character is dynamic in a special way.
Reading children's literature also provides adults with the experience of redefining their own past.
The critical spirit of children's literature is in solidarity with the weak, so reading fairy tales makes me feel like I've won their support.
(Page 102)
Children's books show us the hope hidden within even when the world seems dark.
Of course, it's not always bright and cheerful.
Children's and young adult literature delves into the heartbreaking sadness and sinister underbelly of the world.
But we don't leave children to endure the difficult times when they first encounter the contradictions of the world alone.
Books are companions who walk at the same pace as children, and friends with whom they can share both joy and sorrow.
Through books, children can “become deeply sad” and “go to unfamiliar places.”
As children learn by turning the pages of a book, they can live in the world with greater strength.
Books like these, which resemble children who move forward without losing faith in the world, will provide warm comfort to all generations.
"Children Go Far" is a book that guides children to become better adults.
This time, as you shake hands with a child's 'soft palm', you will become a little braver.
A guide for adults who want to protect the happiness in their hearts.
Critic Kim Ji-eun, who began her literary career in 1997 when her children's story was selected for the Dong-A Ilbo New Year's Literary Contest, is an irreplaceable figure who has been at the forefront of Korean children's literature for decades, providing critical criticism more diligently and sharply than anyone else.
Kim Ji-eun's path towards children is straight.
He has dreamed of writing children's stories since he was very young, to the point that he decided to study philosophy in college to write children's stories. He currently teaches children's and young adult literature to young artists at Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Kim Ji-eun believes in and follows children and children's books as "teachers of imagination," and is a vocal advocate for the direction society should take for children, online, in print, and in the field.
As a critic truly trusted and followed by many authors and readers, it's time to listen to the voice of Kim Ji-eun, who connects books and the real world.
In Korean society, children are neither happy nor safe.
Sexual predators profit from "baby rooms," and children in the media only receive "likes" when they are portrayed as entertaining to adults.
There are strict age-appropriate expectations and children are only allowed to play when adults tell them to.
This country has the unhappiest children among the 22 OECD member countries.
Children who could naturally find their own allies in the alleys and classrooms no longer easily encounter each other.
The author says, “Children wait for the adults next door to listen to their pain, report it, come to their rescue, and take action.
And I believe,” he says.
The author's statement that all adults must take responsibility for children, as children live in a world created by adults, is essential to today's society.
It is self-evident that children must be protected so that they can live safely and without harm.
However, while the author critically analyzes the situation the child is in, he does not simply explain the nature of the child within it.
It is said that while children are described as “mysterious geniuses” who love play and can vividly empathize with the position of the weak, they never “praise children as a lost paradise for adults or a home for pure angels.”
Rather than giving an easy answer to how to respect children, the author ponders and ponders again.
And he emphasizes that children are growing and becoming independent beings who struggle with the world.
Children are not very obedient and sometimes even rough.
Kim Ji-eun argues that adults should behave like adults, not be afraid of being kicked by children, and not avoid responsibility.
If you follow that elegant voice, you will realize that the world you see from an adult's perspective has become a little lower.
Children's books believe that 'the world can change.'
A Guide to Illuminating the Path to Children's and Young Adult Literature
Children will go much farther than adults.
For children, who will endure the longest periods of time away from adults, the author explores ways to enable them to go to more places and further afield.
The author's answer is always in the book.
Literature for young beings unconditionally understands and supports them, painting a picture of a world where justice triumphs, filled with dreams and hope.
The author explores the broad world of children's and young adult literature, encompassing a wide range of genres including picture books, fairy tales, poetry, and young adult novels.
Fairy tale characters have a wide range of 'refreshments'.
It is a wonderful thing in itself for a small person to grow up to be big, and the narrative created by a growing character is dynamic in a special way.
Reading children's literature also provides adults with the experience of redefining their own past.
The critical spirit of children's literature is in solidarity with the weak, so reading fairy tales makes me feel like I've won their support.
(Page 102)
Children's books show us the hope hidden within even when the world seems dark.
Of course, it's not always bright and cheerful.
Children's and young adult literature delves into the heartbreaking sadness and sinister underbelly of the world.
But we don't leave children to endure the difficult times when they first encounter the contradictions of the world alone.
Books are companions who walk at the same pace as children, and friends with whom they can share both joy and sorrow.
Through books, children can “become deeply sad” and “go to unfamiliar places.”
As children learn by turning the pages of a book, they can live in the world with greater strength.
Books like these, which resemble children who move forward without losing faith in the world, will provide warm comfort to all generations.
"Children Go Far" is a book that guides children to become better adults.
This time, as you shake hands with a child's 'soft palm', you will become a little braver.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: May 23, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 220 pages | 264g | 125*205*14mm
- ISBN13: 9788936448943
- ISBN10: 8936448943
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