Hyewon Yum Explained

Hyewon Yum
Language:Korean, English
Genre:Picture Books
Nationality:South Korean
Occupation:Author, illustrator
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea

Hyewon Yum is a South Korean author and illustrator of several acclaimed books for children, including Last Night, There Are No Scary Wolves, The Twins' Blanket, and Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!. Yum has received the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, a Charlotte Zolotow Award commendation, and other awards. Born and raised in South Korea, she currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Biography

Hyewon Yum she studied illustration at the SVA (School of Visual Art) in New York. She published her first original picture book Last Night in 2009, which was also her SVA graduation project.[1] For Last Night, Yum won a Bologna Ragazzi Award Honorable Mention for Fiction[2] and the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration.[3] It was followed by many notable works.

After graduating from the undergraduate and graduate programs at Seoul National University, followed by her studies at SVA, she published Last Night in 2009, which was translated and published in Korean, French, and Portuguese, and its follow-up, There Are No Scary Wolves, which was the 2010 winner of the Society of Illustrators' Founder's Award.[4] The Twins' Blanket, published in 2011, was selected as one of the School Library Journal's Best Picture Books,[5] Best Children's Books of the Year[6] and Best Children's Books for Family Literacy,[7] among others, and won wide acclaim. Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten! received an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award upon publication in 2013,[8] Puddle won the APALA,[9] and Saturday Is Swimming Day was named as a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book.[10] Hyewon Yum's picture books have captivated readers around the world. In addition to her original picture books, she has also showcased her artistic world through collaborations with artists such as Emily Jenkins and Avery Corman.

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  1. Web site: Yum . Hyewon . ko:엄마는 생각쟁이 인터뷰 . http://www.hyewonbook.com/2012/01/blog-post.html . 2023-06-14 . en.
  2. Web site: 2021-02-12 . Last night . 2023-06-14 . Biblioteca Salaborsa Ragazzi . it.
  3. Web site: Betsy . Bird . 2009-03-03 . Press Release Fun: 2009 Golden Kite Award Winners! . 2023-06-14 . A Fuse #8 Production . en-US.
  4. Web site: Hyewon Yum (Founders Award) . Society of Illustrators . 2023-06-14 . en-US.
  5. Web site: SLJ . SLJ Best Books 2011 Picture Books . 2023-06-14 . School Library Journal.
  6. Web site: SLJ . SLJ Best Books 2011 Picture Books . 2023-07-04 . School Library Journal.
  7. Web site: Yum . Hyewon . A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy . 2023-07-04 . en.
  8. Web site: 2013 Ezra Jack Keats Award Winners . 2023-07-04 . The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation . en-US.
  9. Web site: 2017-01-23 . 2016-2017 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature Selected . APALA . 2023-07-04 . en-US.
  10. Web site: CCBC-Recommended Books . 2023-07-04 . ccbc . en-US . 4 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230704163348/https://projects.wcer.wisc.edu/ccbc/recommended-books/ . dead .
  11. Web site: Yum . Hyewon . In the studio . 2023-07-04 . en.
  12. Web site: Yum . Hyewon . Brooklyn Book Festival . 2023-07-04 . en.
  13. Web site: Tasha . 2020-01-30 . 2020 SCBWI Golden Kite Awards . 2023-07-04 . Waking Brain Cells . en.
  14. Web site: Schulte-Cooper . Laura . 2019-12-27 . 2019 Notable Children's Books . 2023-07-04 . Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) . en.
  15. Web site: CLEL Bell Winners – Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy . 2023-07-04 . en-US.
  16. Web site: Schulte-Cooper . Laura . 2017-02-03 . ALSC names 2017 Notable Children's Books . 2023-07-04 . News and Press Center . en.

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