As some of you know, one of my favorite past times is lying in bed exhausted and awake, unable to fall asleep. Instead of trying something soothing like a calming meditation or lavender oil, I usually give in to the insomnia and grab my phone....
Read MoreGoodnight Moon is one of the first books we bought to supplement our English library. I really love what this does for our reading and Korean experience. Husband quickly caught on and soon commented, "Will we be buying two copies of every book now?!" ? I've...
Read MoreI love this set because it reminds me of when my little guy was just a tiny peanut. These books came in a cute box that isn't pictured because it got messed up by all the humidity in our home. This is one of my...
Read MoreWe just got this in our recent Aladin order and I am obsessed. It is yet another of my reverse language hacks. It's an alphabet book for Korean kids. So, you've got the English and the Korean side by side. It's perfect for bilingual learning! Each...
Read MoreWe've had this in our library for a while, now. I believe it was one of my earliest K-Town purchases. (Possibly, during my pregnancy?) This was one of those books that was shrink wrapped, so I couldn't get a look at it until after I...
Read MoreI excitedly sliced open the box that had just arrived. Hubs walked past and stared as I took out each book like a treasure. "Uh...
Read MoreIt was an unexpected surprise when I saw Andrea Tsurumi's name on the course syllabus of the SVA Summer Residency I attended. It was an even bigger coincidence because we had been introduced through a mutual friend and discussed her experiences changing career paths to...
Read MoreI remember wandering Seoul aimlessly, eighteen years old, with about five months of beginner Korean under my belt. I stumbled into a bookstore (one of my favorite places) and perused every section. I was in awe of the beautiful cover artwork, the cute stationery and...
Read MoreAs an adoptee learning Korean, I noticed some funny differences with my Korean American classmates. More often than not, they were much slower readers. (Even though, once they read it aloud, their comprehension was far superior.) And, when it came to conversation, it flowed naturally...
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