I'm screwed!
Me, me, a sneaky detective!

Jaemin's dream is to become a detective.
Not just any detective, but a great detective like Sherlock Holmes, recognized by everyone.
But a true detective doesn't say "I'm a great detective" himself. Instead, other people have to say "I'm a great detective!" first.
So Jaemin makes up his mind.
I will strictly follow the rules in “Ten Ways to Become a Great Detective.”
From that day on, the blue detective notebook he received along with the book becomes Jaemin's new best friend.

First, strain your eyes and look around carefully.
Two, if you see anything suspicious, write it down in your notebook right away.
Third, always ask questions when you have questions.
As it says in the book, Jaemin always kept his eyes wide open and looked around the classroom.
If I found anything even slightly suspicious, I quickly wrote it down in a blue notebook and told the teacher.
Thanks to you, I discovered a crack in the classroom fan blade and also found one of my friend's lost sneakers.
His friends give him a thumbs up and say, “Jaemin really is like a detective!”
I thought all that was left was to be called a famous detective... ... How did Jaemin end up not a famous detective but a snit-picking detective?

Author Jiwon Kim of Book Dreams worked as an elementary school teacher for a long time.
Perhaps that is why the children depicted by the author are so vivid.
The scene of Jaemin and Suho arguing, then making up and running to the playground seems like something that would happen at our child's school.
Here, Nam Dong-wan's drawings show off their humorous charm in every scene, so fun is guaranteed.

If you look up the word ‘gojajil’ in the dictionary, it says it means “the act of revealing someone else’s mistakes or secrets.”
If we just look at the meaning, it seems like gossiping is just a bad behavior.
But in fact, for children, whining is one of the many ways to communicate.
Sometimes it is a way to let others know that they are being treated unfairly, and other times it is a way to get adults to acknowledge their feelings.
For children who grow up learning countless new rules, perhaps tattling is a natural part of development.
The important thing is not to scold or praise the other person out of turn when they complain, but to help them understand their feelings.

“You say everything you don’t even need to say!”
Is there something like that that doesn't need to be mentioned?

The first friend who called Jaemin a troll was Suho.
Jaemin, who suddenly became a tattler, feels wronged.
Strictly speaking, it all started when Suho broke the rules and brought a game card to school.
From that day on, Jaemin made a promise.
I'm going to become a detective who hunts down friends who break the rules.

Rules are important.
Because it is something we all promised to keep in order to live happily and safely.
So, is it always a good idea to tell the teacher when a friend breaks a rule, like Jaemin? The answer lies in your friends' attitudes.
Ever since Jaemin became a tidbit detective, whenever Jaemin came, his friends would run away shouting, “Here comes the tidbit detective, Oh Jaemin!”
What made Jaemin, who had been feeling very upset and wronged, think about it again was Sujin's words.
“You say everything even if you don’t need to.
"Huh!" I always thought I had to tell an adult about something that was wrong, but there are things I don't have to tell! I'm just confused about the difference between what's okay to tell and what's okay not to tell.

From then on, instead of directly criticizing his friends' mistakes, Jaemin started writing them down in a notebook.
But surprisingly, Jaemin never told the teacher about the friends he wrote down in his notebook.
Seunghoon, who seemed to be doing something else during the morning reading time, soon took out his book and started reading, and Sangjun, who was folding paper airplanes during class, told Sujin, who was sitting behind him, that he was secretly getting scolded.
Both friends corrected their behavior on their own before getting scolded by the teacher.

Not everyone always follows the rules and behaves well.
Anyone can make a little mistake.
The important thing is that we all have the power to correct our mistakes.
“Tidbit Detective Oh Jae-min” doesn’t simply say, “Tidbits are bad.”
Thanks to Jaemin, we found a fan with a cracked blade, the teacher found out that there was a water leak in the bathroom, and Suho, who was being bullied by his brothers, was able to be safe.
However, instead of telling a friend who has made a mistake, we should wait a while and help them correct themselves.
Like Seunghoon and Sangjun.
How about we become great detectives who can look into our friends' hearts better?

Tailored to the reading level of children aged 6 to 8
'678 Reading Independence' series

Professor Choi Na-ya (Department of Child and Family Studies, Seoul National University), a literacy expert, says, “As readers grow, their reading experiences must also change.”
The new '678 Reading Independence' series from Book Reading Bear aims to provide the reading experience necessary for readers aged 6 to 8 who are transitioning from picture books to reading books, and from reading books read by parents to reading books on their own.
We've added rich illustrations like a picture book to short fairy tales of 30 to 50 pages, so that readers can adapt to the flow of the book while reducing the burden of reading.
Additionally, we mainly use simple sentences, simple words, and pure Korean expressions tailored to the reader's reading level, and we make reading more enjoyable by using colloquial language, onomatopoeia, and mimetic words in abundance.
This will give children who are trying to become independent readers for the first time a sense of accomplishment from having read a book.

Ages 6 to 8 are the time when children first experience independence, not only in reading but also in many other ways.
They enter elementary school, begin their social life, and even try to sleep alone for the first time.
There are exciting presentation times and I also write in my diary.
What should you do when you're sick at school without your mom? This book contains stories that encourage children to face the various "firsts" they face, and stories that offer joy and comfort from the stories of friends who are similar to them.

Aren't our writers the ones who know best what our children are going through, where they are hurting and itching? Here, right now, we've collected stories that our children can nod to, experiencing and grappling with.
Various domestic writers, both established and new, who sympathized with the series' purpose, contributed their efforts.

In addition, we have included Professor Choi Na-ya's writings, which will serve as easy and informative guidance for young readers and their caregivers who are concerned about how to read and how to be read.
Also, while reading the book, I created a vocabulary list by selecting words and expressions that I found difficult.
By looking through the vocabulary list at the back of the book, you can review the story and learn new words.