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The Three-Year Tumble: Based on a Korean Folktale
Hardcover
Fairy Tales & FolkloreGeneral Juvenile Fiction
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ISBN10: 0735845743
ISBN13: 9780735845749
Publisher: Northsouth Books
Published: Mar 25 2025
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.41 Width: 8.71 Depth: 11.17
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780735845749
Publisher: Northsouth Books
Published: Mar 25 2025
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.41 Width: 8.71 Depth: 11.17
Language: English
A New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book, 2025
A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children's Book, 2025
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Books, Best Book of 2025
An ALA Notable Children's Book, 2026 Based on the traditional Korean folktale Samnyeongogae (Three-Year Mountain Pass), this picture book parable by Korean-German artist Dayeon Auh features a fateful mountain, a superstitious grandfather, and a granddaughter with a clever perspective on life. Legend says that anyone who falls down Misfortune Mountain has three years left to live. Grandfather must travel over the treacherous mountain to get to the market, but one day catastrophe happens and he tumbles down! The doctor says he is perfectly healthy, but Grandfather feels the end is near . . . until his granddaughter comes to visit and makes a different calculation about his fate. From then on, the legend of the mountain takes on a new meaning and everyone finds themselves eager to tumble down it. A fable that demonstrates how a change in one's mindset can make a positive impact.
A Smithsonian Magazine Best Children's Book, 2025
Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Books, Best Book of 2025
An ALA Notable Children's Book, 2026 Based on the traditional Korean folktale Samnyeongogae (Three-Year Mountain Pass), this picture book parable by Korean-German artist Dayeon Auh features a fateful mountain, a superstitious grandfather, and a granddaughter with a clever perspective on life. Legend says that anyone who falls down Misfortune Mountain has three years left to live. Grandfather must travel over the treacherous mountain to get to the market, but one day catastrophe happens and he tumbles down! The doctor says he is perfectly healthy, but Grandfather feels the end is near . . . until his granddaughter comes to visit and makes a different calculation about his fate. From then on, the legend of the mountain takes on a new meaning and everyone finds themselves eager to tumble down it. A fable that demonstrates how a change in one's mindset can make a positive impact.
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