Picture book by Yeom Hye-won, winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award, the Ezra Jack Keats Award, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award
_A lovely illustrated world that disarms readers

Author Hyewon Yeom, winner of international children's book awards including the Bologna Ragazzi Award, the Ezra Jack Keats Award, and the Charlotte Zolotow Award, has once again come to readers with a lovely picture book that disarms their hearts.
In the author's previous work, "Happiness is Everywhere," published by Junior RHK, the author captured moments of happiness in children's daily lives in a calm and affectionate tone. In "Oh My God, My Bad Day," he impressively portrays a child's day that couldn't be worse, adding lively wit to every scene.
The book is also full of small but eye-catching elements of fun hidden throughout the scenes, such as the protagonist praying, “Tomorrow, won’t you come quickly?” with his hands clasped together under a single beam of light like the protagonist of a tragedy on stage, as well as the cricket that comes in through the crack of the window slightly open early in the morning and accompanies the child’s bad day (though our young protagonist only discovered it before falling asleep), a doll and puppy whose expressions change depending on the child’s emotions, and pictures and objects hanging on the wall.
Above all, looking at the protagonist, who exudes a discontented air with her face and whole body, with her eccentric style of wearing a skirt over her pants, mismatched socks, and even a button that is buttoned incorrectly, we can fully feel the time and heart of author Yeom Hye-won, who must have meticulously observed the world around her and children and accumulated it step by step to express it well.

“Oh my gosh, my bad day!”
_The true feelings of children struggling under the waves of negative emotions

Those mornings when you don't want to wake up, your eyes are heavy and your limbs are creaking, your cereal is soggy because you poured too much milk, your knee is scraped from a fall, your friend pushes you out of the way of the snack line, your fish drawing is completely ruined, and there are crickets flying everywhere...
It's a day in the life of a young protagonist who can't help but exclaim, "Oh my God, my bad day!"
What's important is that this isn't just a day for the main character in the story.
Days like this, when nothing goes as planned all day, when everything is a mess, come inevitably to our children. At such times, they become irritable, angry, and depressed, and negative emotions tend to plague their minds.


Based on her experience as an elementary school teacher, the author keenly captures the worst situations that children are likely to experience in their daily lives.
The protagonist's natural expression of emotions—whining, crying, getting angry, and getting irritated—provides catharsis to children who are not accustomed to dealing with negative emotions.
This is why young readers cannot help but be drawn into this work, empathize with it, and support it.
This work is a refreshing and entertaining attempt to transcend time and resonate with anyone, following the perspective and emotions of a child, and is a heartwarming attempt to capture the true feelings of a child.


"Even a bad day has its good moments."
_A story about a child's heart growing a little more

After barely finishing brushing my teeth, which I didn't want to do, I thought the bad day was finally over... ... but it wasn't.
The child is startled by the creaking sound coming from under his feet and clings tightly to his father's neck.
Does our young protagonist have another bad day ahead of him? Fortunately, he doesn't end up a tragic figure.
The look on a child's face as he lies in bed, telling himself that although the day was a mess, it wasn't a total mess, that the day eventually ends and that that was the only good moment in a bad day, is incredibly happy and peaceful.


"Oh My God, My Bad Day" is a story that goes beyond showing annoying things and negative emotions, but ultimately makes children dream of a happy tomorrow and grow their hearts a little more.
May the happy mantra for a better tomorrow, “Even a bad day has good moments,” shine a light in children’s hearts for a long time.

“The cereal is mushy.
“Both fists are clenched.”
A picture book full of fun sentences filled with rhyme and humor, perfect for reading aloud together.

This work is like a poem.
Every phrase that begins with the exclamation "Ah" and ends with the exclamation "Ah", cleverly creates a rhythm that becomes more vivid the more you read it, and the words and sentences and sentences are exquisitely paired with the pictures.
In particular, onomatopoeia and mimetic words with repetitive rhythms such as 'jjikjilppuk, mumuhleuml, squishy, ​​bulkkunbulkkun, hegeopjigeop, miklimisl, kkojilkkoljil, sticky, cheolbeokcheolbeok, dreureungdreung, ssangsang, kkwadang' not only add to the fun of reading, but also convey the situations and emotions faced by the protagonist more effectively and interestingly than a hundred words.
The translator's efforts to preserve the fun of the writing of the author, a children's book writer and poet, are truly remarkable.


Let's read "Oh My God, My Bad Day" out loud to our heart's content.
To help you enjoy the delicious expressions of our language even more, and to help you shake off the frustration of a bad day you may have had.