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BINNA'S DALGONA

Sojung Kim-McCarthy

A charming picture book about finding the right words in a new language.
Binna's finally starting to feel like she's not a babyshe can read long books in English, beat her older sister at word games, and she can make dalgona by herself. But when she tries to tell her classmates about her weekend and the sugary, sandy treat she made . . . well, the English doesn't come to her easily. Not being able to say what she wants is crushing. But with the her sister's encouragement and the support of her classmates, Binna finds the right words (and snack) to share about her life in Korea. Sojung Kim-McCarthy is a Korean-British children's book author-illustrator based in Dorset, UK. She was brought up on stories in a family of artists, writers, actors, TV & musical directors. After studying VisComm (BFA) at Hong-ik University, she worked as a designer-in-chief for a leading children's magazine as well as a children's art and design educator. Binna's Dalgona is her debut picture book and was inspired by her own experience of moving from Seoul to the UK.
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Published 2025-05-13 by Dial

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Although this is Sojung's first picture book, she's already a high-profile creator, having won the World Illustration Award in 2021 with her Minari movie postcard illustrations as well as having been highly commended for both the FAB Prize and the Macmillan Prize, and longlisted for the House of Illustration & Folio Society Book Illustration Competition