We'll Meet Again Someday - Schola Creative Picture Book 7 (Hardcover)

Author Yoon Yeo-lim · Publisher Wisdom House · Published 2017-07-20 · ISBN 9788962478518

About the Book

A message of love and encouragement from a mother to her one-of-a-kind child.

There is a saying that "Mother" exists because God cannot be everywhere. In that sense, isn't a "mother" the warmest embrace and strongest support for a child? A mother, too, would do anything and everything for her one-of-a-kind child. However, as the child grows, the mother realizes that she cannot share everything with her child. And eventually, a moment will come when the child must leave the mother's side and face the world alone, walk alone. It is at that very moment that there is a picture book a mother should read to her child.

We Always Meet Again is a mother's message of love and encouragement to her child who will splendidly live in the world. From birth to adulthood, it tells of a mother's unchanging love for her child amidst the ever-changing process of growth. It tells the child that even if they are separated for a very long time, their mother loves them, and they will always meet again. So, the mother tells the child to fly freely and explore the world, and to come find her anytime they are tired. Because she will hold them tight until they regain the strength to fly again. This book will resonate with any mother and be one they want to read to their child every day. Not only for mothers of young children who constantly seek their mother, but also for expectant mothers awaiting the birth of their child, and mothers of adolescents who will soon leave home... It contains warm love and strong encouragement that all mothers want to share with their beloved children.

A picture book that supports the healthy and beautiful growth of children and parents

Any mother will empathize with the story of We Always Meet Again. It seems like just yesterday they wondered when their newborn child would grow up, walk, or talk, but time flies by and the child grows day by day. Despite parental worries, they accomplish each stage necessary for growth with ease. Of course, there were times when the child became a "mother's little limpet," preventing the mother from moving at all. When a child cries and expresses anxiety if their mother disappears, it is called 'separation anxiety'. While the timing and degree vary for each child, most children have a very strong attachment to their mother between the ages of 2 and 3, then gradually improve, playing with friends and attending kindergarten.

We Always Meet Again is a picture book about 'separation anxiety', a natural process a child goes through as they grow. However, 'separation anxiety' seems to be a process that not only children but also parents experience. After infancy, when parental care is absolutely necessary, children gradually develop self-direction and do many things on their own. Also, after adolescence, a child's independence grows further, and a moment comes when they fully establish themselves as an independent individual. In that process, parents who showered absolute love on their child gradually feel a little bit of disappointment and emptiness. Not only children but also parents grow. When a child grows an inch, the parent also grows an inch. This book supports the happy and beautiful growth of both children and parents by showing them both healthily overcoming separation anxiety and living freely with each other.

The beautiful writing of author Yoon Yeo-lim, like a touching letter,
and the warm and familiar illustrations of author Annyeongdal create a picture book

Reading We Always Meet Again leaves a lingering impression with each sentence, as if a mother is writing a letter to her child. Author Yoon Yeo-lim, loved for her beautiful prose and warm sensibility, presents a beautiful picture book that one would want to gift to someone.
This book tells the story of author Yoon Yeo-lim's first child when they were attending kindergarten several years ago. On the day her child, who at first cried and refused to go to kindergarten without her mother, had grown up and gone on a camp alone, the author couldn't sleep. And in the distant future, she left a letter to her child, who would one day leave her and explore the world. No matter how far apart they were, they would always meet again, and her mother would always support her and hug her. This feeling remains unchanged for her first child, who is now an adolescent. And that feeling is fully captured in We Always Meet Again.

What amplified the emotion of this book several times over were the warm and familiar illustrations by author Annyeongdal. Author Annyeongdal, currently one of the most prominent picture book artists, said that when she first received the manuscript, it felt like reading a poem. And naturally, she thought of her own mother and her niece, who was at an age to cause a lot of mischief. The artist, who mostly worked on her own original picture books, readily agreed to illustrate this touching manuscript. And she created illustrations as beautiful as the manuscript.
Author Annyeongdal's unique warm color palette and her meticulous colored pencil coloring, with each touch carefully filled in, perfectly match the atmosphere of this book. Also, the cute, round character expressions and background illustrations that faithfully depict the familiar and simple scenes of everyday life warmly portray the appearance of our ordinary lives.
The collaboration between Yoon Yeo-lim and Annyeongdal, two authors actively working in picture books and loved by many readers, is undoubtedly a very pleasant gift for picture book readers.