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Sim Chung and the river dragon

a folktale from Korea
1993
In order to obtain a cure for her father's blindness, a loving young girl agrees to marry a terrifying dragon.

Goong

2006
A young high school girl, Chae-Kyung, is forced into a marriage to an evil prince in a Korea still ruled by monarchs.

Proud legions

a novel of America's next war
1999
Lt. Col. Johnny Rodriguez and his troopers prepare to meet the challenge of North Korea's plan to capture Seoul and force the reunification of North and South Korea under Northern terms.

The woodcuter and the heavenly maiden

The firedogs
1990
A bilingual retelling of two Korean folktales, the first about a woodcutter who longs for his family in heaven, and the second about the Fire Dog who tries to bring back the light of the moon.

The faithful daughter Shim Ch?ong

The little frog who never listened
1990
A bilingual retelling of two Korean folktales, the first about a young girl who works to cure her father's blindness, and the second about a frog who never listens to his mother.

Korean War

2014
Provides an account of the Korean War, in which the United States moved to support its ally South Korea against an attack by North Korea, discusses the objectives and strategies of the combatants, looks at key battles and leaders, and considers the significance of the conflict.

Land of Silver Rain

2006
"Abandoned in a cabbage patch as a baby, Misty-Rain is saved from certain death by a witch who brings her up as her own. Far from the company of humans, she is raised as one of the Dokebi, a magical race from Korean myth. Among them she is happy and content, until one day she loses the trust of her protector, causing the enchantment that had kept the secret of her true identity to be broken. She is cast out to the world of her birth and must find her place among her own kind"--Cover, P. [4].

Korean folk-tales

1994
A collection of twenty traditional Korean legends and folktales.

The Korean Cinderella

1996
In this version of Cinderella set in ancient Korea, Pear Blossom, a stepchild, eventually comes to be chosen by the magistrate to be his wife.

Korean children's favorite stories

2004
Presents illustrated retellings of thirteen traditional Korean stories for children.

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