num_pages: 96
description: Where's Halmoni? is a picture book in a graphic novel style which follows the story of a young Korean girl and boy whose search for their missing grandmother leads them into a world inspired by Korean folklore filled with mischievous goblins (dokkebi) a greedy tiger a clever rabbit and a wily fox. Two young children pay a visit to Halmoni (grandmother in Korean) only to discover she's not home. As they search for her noticing animal tracks covering the floor they discover a pair of traditional Korean doors slightly ajar new to their grandmother's home. Their curiosity gets the best of them and the adventure begins when they crawl through and discover an unfamiliar fantastical world. As they continue to search for their grandmother and solve the mystery of the tracks they go deeper into the world of Korean folklore and experience their cultural heritage in unexpected ways meeting a number of Korean-speaking characters along the way. Translations to Korean text in the story and more about the folktale-inspired characters are included at the end.
language: English
title: Where's Halmoni?
publisher: Little Bigfoot