Mi-sook Yoon

Yoon Mi-sook is a South Korean illustrator. In 2004, she received a Bologna Ragazzi award Special Mention for Fiction at the Bologna International Children's Book Fair for Red Bean Porridge Granny and the Tiger. She also received a Special Mention in the Fiction category for The Moon over the Apple Orchard in 2019. She utilizes collage in her illustrations, using materials of varying textures such as rough-feeling lithographs, Korean paper, and colored paper. Her best-known picture books include Red Bean Porridge Granny and the Tiger, The Moon over the Apple Orchard, The Tale of the White Mouse, Little Boat Floats, Rainbow Color Word Games, and The Bucktoothed Elephant.

Career Yoon Mi-sook received Ragazzi Award Special Mentions in the Fiction category at the Bologna International Children's Book Fair for Red Bean Porridge Granny and the Tiger in 2004 and The Moon over the Apple Orchard in 2019. In The Moon over the Apple Orchard, her illustrations accompany the writings of Kwon Jeong-saeng, a Korean writer. The Ragazzi Award jury commented on her work as follows. "We were delighted by the affecting atmosphere of this picture book, which depicts everyday life in a Rural Community. The mixed-media illustrations show loving gestures, hardship, poverty, disease, and care for the elderly. In detailed scenes of the natural landscape and agricultural work, the illustrations show the richness and fragility of life." In addition, she has created numerous other picture books, including The Tale of the White Mouse, The Hare and the Tortoise, and Little Boat Floats. 2017 The Moon over the Apple Orchard (Changbi) 2016 That Tree is Laughing (Sigong Junior) 2015 Laughter is Powerful (Hanulim Kids) 2014 Mr. Lumpy and the Goblins (Gilbut Kids) 2012 The Adventures of the Three Water Drop Brothers (Woongjin Dachaek) 2021 The Three Water Drop Brothers (Enchanted Lion Books, English) 2010 Achem Meu Pai, por Favor – Coleção Tan Tan (CALLIS) 2010 The Hare and the Tortoise (BIR) 2010 Rainbow Color Word Games (Sigong Junior) 2008 The Farmer's Dream (Yeowon Media) 2007 Little Boat Floats (Sigong Junior) 2007 The Bucktoothed Elephant (Woongjin Junior) 2006 Mother's Milk is Perfect! (Woongjin Junior) 2006 The Tale of the White Mouse (BIR) 2009 ふしぎなしろねずみ (岩波書店, Japan) 2005 What You Do is Always Right (Kyowon) 2003 Red Bean Porridge Granny and the Tiger (Woongjin.com)