Lee Myung-ae

Lee Myung-ae ( is a South Korean picture book author and illustrator. Her best-known works include Plastic Island, 10 Seconds, Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day, Vacation, and Flower.

Lee's first original picture book, Plastic Island won the 2015 Nami Concours Green Island Award and the 2015 BIB Golden Apple Award for its creative approach.

Awards 2015 Nami Concours Green Island Award for Plastic Island 2015 BIB Golden Plaque Award for Plastic Island 2021 Won the BIB Golden Apple Award for Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day

Works

2021 Flower (Munhakdongne) 2021 Vacation (Morae-al) 2020 Plastic Island (Sang Publishing) 2022 МУСОРный OCTPOB (Самокат, Russia) 2019 塑料岛 (山东教育出版社 Shandong Education Publishing, China) 2019 Sur mon île (De La Martinière Jeunesse, France) 2018 塑膠島 (字畝文化, Taiwan) 2017 いろのかけらのしま (Poplar Corporation, Japan) 2020 Tomorrow Will Be a Sunny Day (Munhakdongne) 2015 10 Seconds (Bandal) 2014 Plastic Island (Sang Publishing)

Activities

2022 Exhibition of original artwork at the Jeonju International Picture Book Fair 2021 Invited to the Asian Festival of Children's Content in Singapore 2020 Online exhibition, Picture Books as Everyday Art, at the Seoul Design Foundation