My First Book of Korean Words is a beautifully illustrated book that
introduces young children to Korean language and culture through
everyday words.
The words profiled in this book are all commonly used in the Korean
language and are both informative and fun for English-speaking children
to learn. The goals of My First Book of Korean Words are multiple: to
familiarize children with the sounds and structure of Korean speech, to
introduce core elements of Korean culture, to illustrate the ways in
which languages differ in their treatment of everyday sounds and to show
how, through cultural importation, a single word can be shared between
languages.
Both teachers and parents will welcome the book's cultural and
linguistic notes, and appreciate how the book is organized in a familiar
ABC structure. Each word is presented in Hangeul, as well as in its
Romanized form.
With the help of this book, we hope more children (and adults) will soon
be a part of the nearly 80 million people worldwide that speak Korean!