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Am I small? 제가 작나요? English-Korean Bilingual Edition by Philipp Winterberg (Author, Translator), Nadja Wichmann (Illustrator), Joo Yeon Kang (Translator)
, 20 Jun 2016
Am I Small? is a book for little children and a good one. It shows that we are what we think we are plus how other people see us. It shows how other people's view is affected by their perspective, by the point of view on which they stand compared to us. Finally, we are many things at the same time, tiny beings if seen from space, but giants if seen by a ladybug, everyone perspective is acceptable and has some truth to it. These are great lessons to be learned by a child. It is the basis for tolerance, self-acceptance, and non-dogmatism.
Nadja Wichmann's illustrations are lovely, bright and colourful and right to the point, with a hint of fanciness.
I don't know Korean, just started to read, so I cannot comment on the translation. For what other people say it is not good, so I am disappointed!
I bought the book on Kindle, and the digital edition is just fair. It works like some Google apps books I have not like a modern kindle illustrated or comic book. The book directly turns the phone/tablet into landscape settings, and although one can individuate text and some details using double tap on the screen, but some of the writing is so small that one would need the page to be f-u-l-l-y zoomable to move around and see things properly. The book needs to be adjusted to Kindle and/or Comixology properly. Otherwise, the book it is a bit useless in this format. I would recommend buying this on a hard copy.
Yet, this is less than 1$. So let it be.
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