Established in 1980, Woongjin Thinkbig is a multi-award winning top publishing and education company in South Korea. We provide tutoring at home sevices, various children's books and a digital library service with a variety of digital contents.
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Hookline Books is our fiction imprint - all authors have attended writing classes to post-graduate university level. All manuscripts are approved by book groups before being accepted for publication. Non-fiction publisher specialising in self-help, travel and social history.
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This title helps children gain an understanding of writing a proper observation report. While following the story, children can naturally learn what an observational report is, how to write a well-organized report presenting their observations, and things they should know before starting their first observation sentence. The protagonist’s dad decided to grow a beard. As our protagonist found it interesting, he started writing an observation report based on the facts from dad’s beard. As time went by, he finally finished his precious record for dad’s beard during the course of carefully seeing, pulling, and even drawing it!
This is a new work by an incredible artist chosen as the illustrator of the Year in Bologna International Children’s Book fair for both 2014 and 2017. It talks about the value of staying the same for 100 years in this rapidly changing world. There is a tailor shop that has been making suits for over 100 years in Seoul. The book captures the moments of crisis and changes that the small shop had to face over time. It also provokes children’s interest in making clothes by showing the process of making a suit.
Momo has fallen to the tale of ‘the Great Big Turnip’ with her coding robot. How can she help with pulling the turnip? Let’s think about the best way to solve the matter! Coding robot says that a well-defined procedure called an algorithm allows to solve a problem. When pulling the giant turnip together, Momo falls to other story – Hansel and Gretel. To help starving Hansel and Gretel, what would be the best way to catch fish? Making a sequence of unambiguous instructions is a part of an algorithms.
Mr. Orang is such a popular painter in his village. Everybody who visited Mr. Orang’s exhibition admired his works. Listening to what people say about his painting, Mr. Orang couldn’t be happier. One day, Mr. Orang overheard some people saying that a great painter has moved in to the village nearby. Since that day, Mr. Orang suffered from jealousy and anxiety. Eventually, Mr. Orang decided to go to the village nearby and see how good he is at drawing. When Mr. Orang confronted the new painter Max, Max had invited him to his gallery unexpectedly. After having a pleasant artists’ time, Mr. Orang felt much better. Throughout the story, children can increase their emotional vocabularies.
Did you know that your body is a five-star luxurious hotel for germs? There are millions of rooms for germs inside and outside of your body that you probably haven't noticed that have been there since you were a small baby. What are germs doing in my body? Do they make you sick? Or do they protect you from other bad germs? This book illustrates what germs do in your body and why they are important for us.
Honeybee who got lost in the forest meets Ms. Flower-bee who is a pharmacist of the Bzz pharmacy, and start working as her assistant. Ms. Flower-bee is the most competent pharmacist in the forest, having a lot of proper recipes to ease various symptoms and enjoying taking care of everyone, and as working with her, Honeybee is not sure what he can do the best. While she is going away to find needed materials, Honeybee tries to do everything on behalf of her such as welcoming visitors, preparing a cup of tea, and so on. And he ends up finding out what he is brilliant at, which is making a tea with his heart. It will help forest friends calm their nerves. Now he also knows why the Bzz pharmacy has always many visitors even with minor symptoms. For them, the pharmacy is the space where helps soothe their neves with warm tea and heart, and Honeybee's special tea would be the perfect for the place as well!
Your home and space may reflect your personality due to the trace left behind. The author loves a corner which makes her feel comfortable and cosy, so she gives a corner in a small room to a crow, wondering what will happen to the space. Over time, the corner becomes special space for the crow. Children feel the need to have their own space as a safe place. But, at the same time, they may discover the joy of social relations. “Corner” also reminds you of the need for a balanced life between inside and outside.
Maru was a girl who used to like getting along with her best friends – Sun and Moon in the playground surrounded by nature before getting a smartphone as a birthday gift. Now she always brings her phone wherever she goes - when having lunch and dinner, being with friends, and even walking on the street! She ends up being stuck to the game world, so Sun and Moon start their adventure to save her. What do you call a phone addict? And why is smartphone so addictive? With activities at the end of the book, you can do self-check if you are addicted to your phone and think about the way to prevent.
