Three Korean Fairy Tales: Beloved Stories and Legends - Hardcover

Every culture carries its stories forward — in the telling, the retelling, the way a tale changes just slightly with each generation. These three Korean folk tales, retold by Kim So-un, one of Korea’s most beloved storytellers, have been passed down for centuries. A gem that explains why dogs and cats fight. A woodcutter who saves a deer and finds his life transformed. A hunter’s son who sets out for revenge and discovers something far more enduring. Illustrated by Jeong Kyoung-Sim in a style that weaves traditional Korean color and technique with a modern hand, this is a book that earns its place on the shelf.

• Three classic Korean folk tales — “The Magic Gem,” “The Deer and the Woodcutter,” and “The Tigers of the Kumgang Mountains”
• 96 pages · Hardcover · 7.8 × 10.1 in · Published October 2019
• Retold by Kim So-un · Illustrated by Jeong Kyoung-Sim · Published by Tuttle Publishing