Brave Hong Gil-Dong / the Man Who Bought the Shade of a Tree (Korean-English)

Author: D. Vorhees & M. Mueller
Illustrated by: Yon-kyong Kim
Hardcover: 46 page(s)
Age Range: 4 +
Ontario curriculum: Language - Reading

Book Description:

Two charming folk tales are included in this single volume. Bilingual (English and Korean). 1) The first story is about Brave Hong Kil-dong, a commoner, who becomes a chivalrous and well-educated leader of a band of men and works for the cause of justice - a Korean Robin Hood. 2) A greedy man makes a young man pay money for a tree's shade. But he soon learns the shade is much more valuable than the greedy man had ever imagined.