num_pages: 40
description: Halloween is coming. “What are you going to be?” the children ask one another. Kimin says he will be his grandfather. “Going as an old man is not very scary,” they tease. What the children don’t know is that Kimin’s grandfather was a Korean mask dancer. And Kimin doesn’t know that the mask holds a secret for him.With vibrant illustrations, Yangsook Choi joins Korean and American folk traditions in her story about a boy who finds a link to his grandfather, behind the mask.  Behind the Mask is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
language: English
title: Behind the Mask
titlecomplete: Behind the Mask
genres: Asia, Holiday, Cultural, Childrens, Asian Literature, Halloween, Picture Books, Family
ratings_count: 111
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)