Author's Note - Page 10

[Story Bundle, One] A Thought Just Came to Me - Page 12
The Big Truth / Buying Shade / Pickled Oysters / Thinking of Mom / Frog / Oh My! / Brothers / Grandma's Revenge / The Taste of Punishment / Foul Play

[Story Bundle, Part 2] Crow, Crow, Magpie, Sparrow, Magpie - Page 36
Magic Jar 1 / Magic Jar 2 / Magic Jar 3 / Follow Your Friend / Swing / Strange / Cat / As You Like / First Snow / Yellow and Soot

[Story Bag, Part 3] You Must Know a Lot - Page 66
Circle / Kko, Bu, Lang, Gil / Who will come first / The bird's secret / The rat's secret / The real secret / Let's do business / A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step / The butterfly's nightmare

[Story Bundle, 4] You Didn't Blow Yesterday, Either - Page 92
Sunflower / The Sound of Going Out / Life / Operation Meeting / Quadruplets / Salty Taste / In the Bathroom / Strange Play / Drawing with One Stroke / If It's You / To the Wind

Commentary: A Minimalist Poetry Collection, Elevating Only the Essentials_Ian (Poet, Editorial Board Member of Dongsimajung) - Page 118

“I knew the turtle would win, that Simcheong would survive… I knew it would be like the world of fairy tales.”
From old tales to proverbs, idioms, and traditional games
A thrilling counterattack on a familiar story!

"Grandma's Revenge," a collection of illustrated poems that retells old tales with breathtaking twists and turns, is a must-read! While you might think these are old tales, don't let your guard down.
An old woman encounters a tiger on a secluded mountain path! She would be understandably flustered, but instead, she confidently tells the tiger, "If you don't eat me, I'll give you a rice cake."
The woodcutter in “The Golden Axe and the Silver Axe” keeps slipping his hand in the pond and whines, “It’s nice to see you again, mountain spirit.”

“Put the pickled oysters on the hook / Take a look once and take a spoonful / Take a look twice and take two spoonfuls //
I made a fire and roasted it / I felt sorry for the neighbor who was hungry while digging the back alley /
"How lovely is that heart of yours, eating food without smelling it / with just your eyes" (Full text of "Pickled Oysters", p. 18)

The protagonist of "Jaringobi," who has been misunderstood as a miser, may actually be a kind-hearted person.
In this way, author Jeong Jin-ho has hidden moments of brilliant reversal and childlike, innocent, and absurd questions throughout this book.
The child who thought that the proverb 'only rats listen to what you say at night' means 'only rats listen to informal speech' recalled a rat speaking informally 'squeak squeak' and wondered, "Who listens to what I say?", just like our children who are both quirky and cute.
While the puns are fun, the real joy of this poetry collection lies in imagining familiar old tales from a different perspective and expanding upon them.
What thrilling twists are hidden in traditional games like "Kongjwi and Patjwi," "Sun and Moon," "Cowherd and Weaver Girl," and "Dugeop-a Dugeop-a~"? This is a new collection of folk tales, "Grandma's Revenge."

Wit and humor contained in pleasant wordplay,
And the encounter of simple and sensual paintings by artist Jeong Jin-ho!

Author Jeong Jin-ho is a picture book author who won the Bologna Ragazzi Award twice, in 2015 and 2018.
With witty ideas and the author's unique sensibility, he has published picture books full of things to see.
In this collection of poems, Jeong Jin-ho has created a new format for his poetry collection called the illustrated poetry collection, by coherently composing humorous and concise text and illustrations.

“If existing poetry collections are primarily about poetry and supplemented by illustrations, then illustrated poetry collections explore new possibilities of expression and a unique enjoyment of poetry appreciation, with illustrations and text playing almost equal roles.” (Excerpt from ‘Work Commentary’, p. 118)
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What catches the eye most of all is the form of the poem in which the letters are arranged like a picture.
In “The Great Truth,” a story about a toad blocking a hole in a jar with a broken bottom, you can feel the fresh pleasure of appreciating a poem by arranging letters in the shape of a jar, and in “Follow a Friend,” the magpie bridge is given new names such as “magpie” and “crow,” creating a unique fun of reading the double meaning of “bird” and “letter.”
Also, in the case of the poem “Swing,” the idea of ​​reading the text from bottom to top by focusing on the swing moving from the ground to the sky stands out.
It is also impressive that the margins are used to place simple text and pictures in appropriate places, allowing readers ample room to read, enjoy, imagine, and interpret the poem.
By using only two colors, blue and yellow, and leaving only the essentials, we maximized the fun of 'reading and viewing'.
The wit and humor embedded throughout the text and illustrations further enhance the enjoyment of viewing the book.
Immerse yourself in the joy of reading Jin-ho Jeong's poetry by reading "Grandma's Revenge," a collection of illustrated poems filled with old tales that touch our hearts, sometimes with witty jokes, and sometimes with touching emotions!