Korea's only picture book magazine, Lakivium J,
The most complete picture book culture guidebook for those who enjoy picture books!
Enjoy picture book curation 365 days a year!

〈Lakivium J〉 is a picture book magazine that considers both children and adult readers.
It also includes information on which picture books are most appropriate for each age group, as well as how to enjoy picture books regardless of age.
It is a 'magazine' that contains the latest trends, but it is good to read regardless of the time.
It encompasses both the most lighthearted and most profound ways of looking at picture books.

Korea's only picture book magazine, Lakivium J, has returned with a special issue of the '2025 Picture Book Calendar', Lakivium J 2025!

A team of reporters comprised of experts in picture books, psychology, and education have painstakingly selected 365 picture books to read in 2025.
If you're wondering which picture books to read every day, if you're unsure which ones to read to your children, if you want to develop an eye for selecting good picture books by looking at them every day, then "Lakivium J 2025" is the perfect solution.


'How do I choose a spring picture book?' No more worries!

If you're searching for "spring" on an online bookstore, stop searching right now and open "Lakivium J 2025"! This picture book calendar is filled with books that children have read and given "thumbs up!", books that spark fantastical imaginations with a spring setting, books that encourage children to observe and feel spring in detail, and books filled with fun activities to do in spring.
Is it just "spring"? Keywords like "democracy," "children," "math," "Korean," "environment," "recovery," and "Christmas" will make our 365 Days of Picture Books even more meaningful, informative, and enjoyable.
On New Year's Day, we recommended New Year's picture books, on Arbor Day, we recommended tree picture books, and on Memorial Day, we recommended history picture books.
If you read just one book on the calendar each day, you can read a variety of books at the right time throughout the year. We also introduce activities that can be done as partners, such as games to play while reading the picture books, movies to watch together, and places to go on outings.
I hope that through time spent reading and working together, books will not just remain books, but will seep into our lives.

Let's talk about children and democracy!
I highly recommend that adults read the February book "Democracy and Politics" before reading it with their children.
Compared to books on other topics, the target readers are older, and even if you start with an explanation of the concepts in the book, it is likely to lead to many questions.
Even if a book contains content that children may find difficult to understand right away, adults who read it first can gain hints for conversation by saying, "So this is how concepts can be explained in everyday life."

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What are the values ​​needed now, the lack of the times?
In "It's Okay to Be a Little Lacking," five friends—a friend with a big hole in their stomach, a friend with a wrinkled body, a friend who is sagging because of their flabby body, a friend who is upside down, and a friend who is a mess like a crumpled ball—are living happily in a shabby house without any special events.
Really? The children looked at the article saying that everything was fine, with a puzzled look.
One day, a perfect friend appears and looks at the five who are doing nothing pitifully, criticizing them, saying, “You are useless! You are nothing!”
The five friends chew over the shortcomings mentioned by their perfect friend.
There are holes, but when you get angry, the anger goes into the holes, and you can keep many memories between the wrinkles.
“Look at this.
Even if you think you have a weakness, if you think about it differently, it can become an advantage.
Some readers say, “It’s not that it’s lacking.”
Of course, that message is good, but the most beautiful scene in this picture book is when I ponder the words of my perfect friend and realize that I am okay just the way I am.
We all do.
Life is happier when I have friends who accept my shortcomings as they are.
There's no need to blame the perfect friend who attacked me.
A life where I affirm myself and accept others as they are is truly perfect.
There is no need to force yourself to change your shortcomings into strengths by meeting other people's standards.
There is no need to add or subtract anything.
You don't need to compare yourself to anyone else; just being you is enough.
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"I don't see skin color, I only see friendship!" Interview with author Kim Gaemi
A gift from Dongducheon! In front of the house I live, there were three siblings: a black girl and her two older brothers.
As I was passing by that house, I saw a kid with really long legs, who was really good at running, and who played really well with the kids.
One day, that child passed by singing the Korean children's song 'Half Moon' so beautifully, and I couldn't believe how bright it was.
So, I wanted to write about a confident and pretty child who resembles that child.
I wanted to express in literature the pure beauty of a child that I was so fascinated by.
I think I put a lot of effort into it, with high expectations of how much it would shine when I invited it into the book.
Usually, in newspaper articles or broadcasts, foreign workers, their children, and multicultural families are often seen as objects of consideration.
I didn't want to do that.
I wanted the book to include the child himself, not as an object of consideration or as a weakling.

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"Come and discover me." Meet author Park Seo-young.
“I feel a bit ‘wonderful’ about all the small characters who live their lives faithfully.
As I reread the book in preparation for the interview, the dog that did his job best seemed the most admirable.
If it weren't for the puppy, it would have been difficult to break the boy's tightly locked heart."
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Why did Nobel Prize-winning authors write picture books?
Author Han Kang said that when she was twelve, she read Astrid Lindgren's "The Adventures of the Lion King Brothers" and began to wonder, "Why is the world so beautiful and yet so violent?"
This question later had a great influence on the author's writing of his masterpiece, The Boy Comes.
Author Han Kang said this at the Nobel Prize ceremony.
“A long time ago I lost my fundamental faith in humanity.
But how can we embrace the world? I realized that I couldn't move forward without confronting that impossible mystery, and that only through writing could I penetrate those questions and move forward."
It is said that author Han Kang writes with two questions in mind.
"Why is the world so violent and painful?" And at the same time, "How can the world be so beautiful?"

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