Waiting For Mama

Waiting for Mama (ages 3-5, $16.95) by Lee Tae-Jun, illustrated by Kim Dong-Seong is the tender story of a young boy awaiting the arrival of his mother at a streetcar station. A few lines of text in both English and Korean coupled with winsome illustrations make this a timeless treasure.

Told in a few lines of text, this tender story was first published in a newspaper in 1938. This tale from Korea is universal--a small child waits for Mama at the station, asking the conductor if he has seen her. The conductor hasn't, but cautions the child to wait a little farther from the tracks. It is cold and snowy but the child waits patiently until finally Mama comes. In the last wordless spread, we see the small hand in a mother's firm clasp as they walk away from us. The art and text are so authentic, so real, that this book is best published in a bilingual edition that respects and honors those traditions. The Korean setting gives it special appeal to a growing demographic segment. The institutional market is especially hungry for bilingual books in languages beyond Spanish.

Publisher: North South Books
Imprint: NorthSouth
Distributor: Ingram Publisher Services
Publication Date: 08-01-2007
Pages: 32
Measurements: 9.70in X 8.92in X 0.39in X 0.83lb