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국내에는 "초코 엄마 좀 찾아 주세요!"라는 제목으로 번역서가 출간된 게이코 가스자의 재미있는 베스트셀러 그림책입니다.

노랗고 귀여운 아기 새 초코는 외톨박이 고아입니다. 하루는 너무 외롭고 쓸쓸해서 엄마를 찾아 나서기로 했지요. 처음 만난 동물은 기린이었어요. 초코는 기린에게 자기 엄마가 아니냐고 물었지만 기린은 날개가 없으므로 초코의 엄마가 아니라고 대답합니다. 물개와 바다사자도 모두 쵸코의 엄마가 아니라는 대답뿐이었어요. 실망한 쵸코가 마지막으로 만난 동물은 친절하고 상냥한 곰 아줌마였어요. 곰 아줌마는 마치 친 엄마같이 초코를 따뜻하게 대해줍니다. 그리고 집으로 초대를 했어요...

유머러스한 글과 그림이 돋보이며, 결말이 따뜻하고 흐믓한 어린이 그림책입니다.

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What is 보드북? 보드북(Board Book)은 표지와 속지가 모두 두꺼운 카드보드지로 만들어진 책입니다. 잘 찢어지거나 구겨지지 않기 때문에 나이가 어린 아이들을 위한 책으로 주로 만들어지며, 책 내용도 원본에 비해 축약되는 경우가 많습니다. 주로 두장을 겹쳐 단단하고 오랫동안 눌려있을 경우 페이지와 페이지가 붙을 수 있습니다.

보드북입니다.






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Board book: 30 pages
ISBN-10: 0399241914
ISBN-13: 978-0399241918
책 크기: 14.6 cm x 12.7 cm



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Book Description
Family is about love no matter how different parents and children may be, adopted or not.
Choco wishes he had a mother, but who could she be? He sets off to find her, asking all kinds of animals, but he doesn't meet anyone who looks just like him. He doesn't even think of asking Mrs. Bear if she's his mother-but then she starts to do just the things a mommy might do. And when she brings him home, he meets her other children-a piglet, a hippo, and an alligator-and learns that families can come in all shapes and sizes and still fit together.
Keiko Kasza's twist on the "Are you my mother?" theme has become one of the most highly recommended stories about adoption for children.


School Library Journal
Fans of Kasza's previous picture books will welcome this latest effort. Cheerful, energetic illustrations decorate the simple but charming taleof a youngster's search for a loving parent. A chubby-faced yellow bird with blue-striped feet, Choco believes that physical similarity is a prerequisite for family relationships. He asks a series of animals who bear even the slightest resemblance to him if they might be his mother, but all turn him away. Discouraged by their rejection, Choco is pleasantly surprised when Mrs. Bear takes an interest in him, plays with and cuddles him, and ultimately offers him a home. The presence of other ``adoptees'' is made obvious as a young alligator, hippopotamus, and pig welcome Choco into his new family. The endearing watercolor paintings are bold and bright enough to appeal to the very youngest listeners, and there is a wealth of character and personality evident in the animals' expressions. These pictures, along with the minimal, repetitive text, make this an excellent choice for storytime use. The emphasis on caring and sharing despite superficial differences will surely find a wide audience. A multicultural message may also be read into this satisfying story with appealing illustrations and a very happy ending.


Kirkus Reviews
The talented creator of The Wolf's Chicken Stew (1987 ALA Notable) provides a warmhearted contemporary surprise ending for the time-honored formula of a little creature searching the animal kingdom for its appropriate mother. Choco, a small yellow bird with a big blue bill, tries a giraffe (she has no wings, she says), a penguin (no ``big round cheeks''), and a walrus, but no one seems to look just like him. Comfortable Mrs. Bear is wiser: ``If you had a mommy, what would she do?'' And since she's quite able to hold him and kiss him, regardless of appearances, he's soon the new member of her happy family--joining the little pig, hippo, and alligator already in her affectionate brood. The timely point is hardly subtle, but it's made with notable good humor, especially in Kasza's marvelous animal caricatures of comically human states of mind. Just right for the preschool group or beginning reader.