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Would you like to open a Dokkaebi Phone?
Would you like to open a Dokkaebi Phone?
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Winner of the 22nd Changbi Good Children's Book Award
Jiwoo accidentally gets a hold of a smartphone used by goblins.
With the Dokkaebi Smartphone, you can quickly finish your homework, solve problems, and do whatever you want, but soon you will lose your energy as you fall under the charm of the Dokkaebi Phone.
A fantasy tale that will help children find their own way to live with smartphones.
April 4, 2018. Children's PD Kim Tae-hee
Summon a goblin with the latest smartphone!
The Birth of a New Korean Fantasy Fairy Tale


Grand Prize Winner of the 22nd Changbi 'Good Children's Book' Manuscript Contest, Upper Grades Category

The 22nd Grand Prize winner in the upper grades creative writing category of Changbi's "Good Children's Book" manuscript contest, which has discovered countless hit works and gem-like original fairy tales such as "The Children of the Magpie Bill," "The Letter from Chojeong-ri," and "Symbol No. 3 Anseok-bong," has been published. "Would you like to open a goblin phone?"
This is the story of the protagonist who accidentally gets his hands on a smartphone used by goblins and travels between the goblin den where all sorts of strange things happen and the human world.
This novel fantasy tale connects cutting-edge science and technology with a fantasy world inhabited by goblins, and meets the expectations of young readers who yearn for something magical to happen that shakes up their ordinary daily lives.

“This is a work that has insight into the essence of the fantasy of the goblin and has wonderfully transformed it into a modern work.
The goblins transform freely and run as they please, easily crossing the line between morality and humor.
“The goblin world, exquisitely connected to reality through smartphones, is incredibly realistic.”_Judges’ Comments (Kim Ji-eun, Park Sook-kyung, Lee Hyeon)

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index
1.
Unattended smartphone
2.
238 degrees 357 steps southwest
3.
Kevin and the Suspicious Friends
4.
App, come out, tick tock! Puppet, come out, tick tock!
5.
Riding a palanquin with a friend
6.
Naldaeya Bow and After-Sales Service
7.
How to maintain healthy energy
8.
The human soul is at peace

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The latest smartphone meets a goblin from an old tale!
A work that opens a new chapter in Korean fantasy fairy tales.

One day, the protagonist, Song Ji-woo, discovers a strange smartphone in the school library.
It's the smartphone used by goblins! Jiwoo receives a call from a goblin in the middle of the night and heads to a goblin den where all sorts of strange things happen.
It is quite different from the space in the old story.
Instead of goblin clubs, goblin children carry smartphones.
We use smartphones to chat via messenger, use disguises through applications, and create virtual reality to play games.
We also use our smartphones when buying things or requesting delivery services.
Jiwoo also experiences various new and interesting things while playing with his smartphone with his goblin friends.
True to the judges' comment that "the goblin world, exquisitely connected to reality through smartphones, feels incredibly realistic," author Park Ha-ik vividly brings the goblins of old tales to life while basing them on the lives of modern children.
Connecting cutting-edge science and technology, represented by smartphones, with the fantasy world where goblins live is an attempt rarely seen in our children's literature.
It is a work that deserves to be evaluated as opening a new chapter in Korean fantasy fairy tales while meeting the expectations of young readers who hope for something magical enough to shake up their ordinary daily lives.

Is it possible to live a happy and healthy life?
?A problem that captivates children living with smartphones

Jiwoo, who got a goblin phone, goes to the goblin den every night and has fun before returning.
In the human world, he uses the goblin phone to quickly finish his schoolwork, solve workbook problems, and speak English fluently.
He also uses his disguise skills to play mischievous pranks on his friends.
Jiwoo, who has become addicted to the Dokkaebi Phone, cannot let go of it even after he realizes that every time he uses it, his energy drains from his body and he becomes weak.
Jiwoo's inability to escape the temptation of the goblin phone is very similar to that of children in reality.
However, author Park Ha-ik does not view the story of Ji-woo, who is completely absorbed in his smartphone, as a problem of addiction.
I'm not saying that you should just stop using your smartphone because you're addicted.
The author acknowledges that smartphones have several advantages.
I believe that smartphones can be used to communicate with a variety of people and learn new scientific technologies.
Based on this awareness, Jiwoo guides us to find our own way to live with our smartphones.
It shows Jiwoo's struggles and conflicts, as well as his process of finding the right way to use a smartphone.
Rather than drawing didactic or normative conclusions, it provides readers with an opportunity to reflect on themselves.
Young readers will have the opportunity to think for themselves about how to use their smartphones through "Would You Like to Open a Goblin Phone?"

Fast-paced plot and humorous story
The first fairy tale by Park Ha-ik, author of "Seonam Girls' High School Detectives"

In "Would You Like to Open a Goblin Phone?", the story of charming characters unfolds at a fast pace.
The commotion that the main character Jiwoo causes with his goblin friends continues in an exciting way.
The magical goblin phone, made with cutting-edge science and technology, presents a series of unfamiliar and novel scenes.
The process of Jiwoo, who fell under the spell of the goblin phone, struggling to regain his health is realistic and tearful.
Park Ha-ik, the author of the novel 『Seonam Girls' High School Detectives』, which was made into a drama and loved by many people, attracts readers with its fast-paced plot and humorous writing style.
Once you open it, you won't be able to put it down. "Would you like to open a Goblin Phone?" will provide readers with the joy of reading.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of publication: March 23, 2018
- Page count, weight, size: 189 pages | 347g | 153*225*20mm
- ISBN13: 9788936442927
- ISBN10: 8936442929
- KC Certification: Certification Type: Conformity Confirmation

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