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. For ''Last Night'', Yum won a Bologna Ragazzi Award Honorable Mention for Fiction and the Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Illustration. It was followed by many notable works. After graduating from the undergraduate and graduate programs at

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the three "S ...

, 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. ''The Twins’ Blanket'', published in 2011, was selected as one of the School Library Journal's Best Picture Books, Best Children's Books of the Year and Best Children's Books for Family Literacy, 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, ''Puddle'' won the

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, and ''Saturday Is Swimming Day'' was named as a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book. 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

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Activities

* 2012 In the Studio: An Exhibition Featuring Children's book Illustrations, Dr. M. T. Geoffrey Yeh Art Gallery * 2011 Brooklyn Book Festival

Awards

* 2020 Golden Kite Award - ''Clever Little Witch'' * 2019 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor –''Saturday Is Swimming Day'' * 2019 ALSC Notable Children's Books - ''Saturday Is Swimming Day'' * 2017 CLEL Bell award - ''Puddle'' * 2017 ALA Notable books – ''Puddle'' * 2017 APALA – ''Puddle'' * 2013 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator award - ''Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!'' * 2012 Best Children's Books for Family Literacy - ''The Twins' Blanket'' * 2012 Best Children's Books of the Year - ''The Twins' Blanket'' * 2011 School Library Journal's Best Picture Books - ''The Twins' Blanket'' * 2010 Winner of the Society of Illustrators' Founder's Award – ''There are No Scary Wolves'' * 2009 Winner of the Golden Kite Award – ''Last Night'' * 2009 Fiction Honorable Mention for the Bologna Ragazzi award – ''Last Night''

Works

* 2022 ''Lion Needs a Shot'' (Harry N. Abrams) ** 2022 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) * 2021''Grandpa Across the Ocean'' (Harry N. Abrams) * 2020 ''Lion Needs a Haircut'' (Harry N. Abrams) ** 2022 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) * 2018 ''Saturday Is Swimming Day'' (Candlewick) ** 2018 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) ** 2019 Japanese edition (光村教育図書) * 2016 ''Puddle'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ** 2016 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) * 2014 ''The Twins' Little Sister'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ** 2016 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) * 2013 ''This Is Our House'' (Square Fish) ** 2015 Chinese edition (Beijing United Publishing) * 2012 ''Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ** 2012 Japanese edition (Transview) ** 2013 Korean edition (BIR Publishing) ** 2013 Spanish edition (La Brujita de Papel) ** 2015 Chinese edition (Beijing United Publishing) * 2011 ''The Twins' Blanket'' (Square Fish) ** 2012 French edition (Albin Michel) ** 2012 Japanese edition (Transview) ** 2014 Korean edition (BIR Publishing) ** 2015 Chinese edition (Beijing United Publishing) * 2010 ''There Are No Scary Wolves'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ** 2018 Chinese edition (Twenty First Century Publications) * 2008 ''Last Night'' (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ** 2011 Korean edition (BIR Publishing ** 2011 French edition (Albin Michel) ** 2011 Portuguese edition (Galera)

Collaborations

* 2024 ''Not perfect'' by Maya Myers and Hyewon Yum (Neal Porter Books) * 2023 ''Night Song'' by Mk Smith Despres and Hyewon Yum (Enchanted Lion Books) * 2023 ''Sometimes I Kaploom (A Big Feelings Book)'' by Rachel Vail and Hyewon Yum (Orchard Books) * 2023 ''Ode to a Bad Day'' by Chelsea Lin Wallace and Hyewon Yum (Chronicle Books) ** 2023 Korean edition (Junior RHK) * 2023 ''Where I Live: Poems About My Home, My Street, and My Town'' by Paul B. Janeczko and Hyewon Yum (Candlewick) * 2022 ''Sometimes I Grumblesquinch (A Big Feelings Book)'' by Rachel Vail and Hyewon Yum (Orchard Books) * 2022 ''Asian Adventures AZ Foods: Delicious Asian Foods From AZ''by Yobe Qiu and Cynthia Li (By Yobe Qiu) * 2022 ''Luli and the Language of Tea'' by Andrea Wang and Hyewon Yum (Neal Porter Books) * 2021 ''Not Little'' by Maya Myers and Hyewon Yum (Neal Porter Books) ** 2023 Korean edition (BIR Publishing) ** 2023 Japanese edition (Imagination Place) * 2021 ''The Happiness of a Dog with a Ball in Its Mouth'' by Bruce Handy and Hyewon Yum (Enchanted Lion Books) ** 2021 Spanish edition (Ediciones Akal) ** 2022 Korean edition (Junior RHK) ** 2023 Brazilian edition (Brinque-Book) * 2021 ''I Am a Bird'' by Hope Lim and Hyewon Yum (Candlewick) * 2019 ''Clever Little Witch'' by Muon Thi Van and Hyewon Yum (Margaret K. McElderry Books) * 2019 ''Bark in the Park!: Poems for Dog Lovers'' by Avery Corman and Hyewon Yum (Orchard Books) ** 2020 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) * 2017 ''Someday, Narwhal'' by Lisa Mantchev and Hyewon Yum (Simon and Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books) * 2017 ''A Piece of Home'' by Jeri Watts and Hyewon Yum (Scholastic) * 2015 ''The Fun Book of Scary Stuff'' by Emily Jenkins and Hyewon Yum (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) ** 2017 Korean edition (Changbi Publishers) ** 2018 Chinese edition (Twenty First Century Publications) * 2013 ''Hooray Parade'' by Barbara Joosse and Hyewon Yum (Viking Books for Young Readers)

References

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