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Picture book makers
Picture book makers
Description
Book Introduction
Planning, writing, editing, design, translation, production, marketing
Hear from practitioners in seven fields
Everything about picture book publishing

《People Who Make Picture Books》 is a book in which Choi Eun-young, the editor of 《House of the Heart》, the first Korean original picture book to win the Bologna Ragazzi Award, and author of a total of 11 picture books, interviews seven veteran publishers.

It contains stories and times unknown to readers, such as what a picture book is, who picture book publishers are, and the process by which picture books are made and meet readers.
The interview subjects are experts with experience and knowledge in the field of picture books, not children's literature in general, and are publishers and creators who are still active.

By listening to the stories of people who 'live' as picture book publishers, we can gain a broader understanding of the roles each practitioner plays in the process of creating a book.
Additionally, it serves as a good guide for those who dream of becoming picture book authors and those in the publishing industry in their early years to better understand the points to consider when creating a picture book and the publishing process.
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Author's Note
Picture book ending credits

How to Create a Picture Book Series
Planner Go Seon-ah

To write a truly living story
Author Kim Hyo-eun

What should be at the center of a picture book
Editor Choi Hyeon-gyeong

Choices that make picture books attractive
Designer Kim Seong-mi

Things to Move Beyond Text
Translator Eom Hye-sook

How to design three-dimensional space in a story
Paper Engineer Jeong Hye-gyeong

In search of picture book readers
Marketer Lee Seo-yoon

Interviewee's representative works list

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Publisher's Review
Seven picture book publishing professionals
Know-how filled with diverse thoughts, experiences, and philosophies

Go Seon-a, CEO and planner of Dali Creative, is a person who has opened a new horizon for the Korean picture book series with her novel and unprecedented approach called “Our Picture Book.”
We take a detailed look at the planning process of the 'Our City Picture Book' and 'Our Neighborhood Picture Book' series and present the role and methods of a picture book planner.

Kim Hyo-eun, author of the 2021 New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, “I Am a Subway,” spoke not only about the picture book she wrote and illustrated, but also about her work as an illustrator and as a caregiver.
You can get a glimpse into the concerns of not only those who want to become picture book authors but also creators, how to find inspiration, and the process of transforming it into your own words to create a book.

Choi Hyun-kyung, a member of the KBBY operating committee and editor-in-chief of Yellow Imagination, has included the role of a picture book editor as well as the perspective of an office worker who has worked at a publishing company for a long time.
We talked about what kind of manuscripts publishers and editors are attracted to and what the ultimate goal of a picture book should be.

We spoke with Kim Seong-mi, CEO of Studio Marjan and designer of “A Tightrope Walk” and “It’s the Tiger’s Birthday,” winners of the 2023 Korea Picture Book Award, about what’s important in picture book design and the power of expanding a designer’s scope to include art director.
By listening to the discussion about 'context' and 'material properties', we can learn about common mistakes made when working on picture books.

Translator Eom Hye-sook has translated over 600 picture books into Korean, and her career is similar to the history of picture book publishing in Korea.
Therefore, we asked questions not only about what picture book translation is, but also about the past and current trends in picture book publishing, and included answers to those questions.

Through Hye-kyung Jeong, CEO of Kepler49, Korea's first pop-up book publishing company and a paper engineer, we can see a new realm and perspective on picture book production.
Unlike existing picture books, the challenge and consideration of unfolding the story in a three-dimensional space called a pop-up rather than a flat surface is interesting.
If you're looking for a way to unravel the story, this might be a special hint.

Marketer Lee Seo-yoon is the person who connects most directly with readers among the interviewees in this book.
It vividly shows the extent of the role of publishing marketers, who the readers of picture books are, and the efforts made to connect with them.
GOODS SPECIFICS
- Date of issue: July 30, 2025
- Page count, weight, size: 272 pages | 418g | 140*202*16mm
- ISBN13: 9791194374305
- ISBN10: 1194374301

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