Come visit our house on the tidal flats

Written by An Miran, Illustrated by Gook Jiseung, Directed by Koo Bonjoo

Synopsis

On a small star far away in space, Peol the alien and Ttokttok the robot live. One day, while Peol is bored, Ttokttok shows Peol an invitation. It’s from a creature from Earth, with a picture and a message inviting them to come play. The picture shows only the entrance to a small cave. Peol and Ttokttok travel to Earth to find the invitation’s sender.

When they arrive at the mudflats in Korea, Peol and Ttokttok learn about the ecology of the mudflats. Information about what mudflats are, why they need to be preserved, and what animals and plants live in them accompanies the adventures of these space friends. As they explore the ecology of the mudflats, two space friends realize that the picture on the invitation is a cave where benthic organisms live. After exploring the cave, they meet the owner of the invitation and take a photo with several creatures of the mudflats. There is an appendix at the end of the story with more information about tidal mudflats.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to mudflats. This book is very different from most of the existing educational picture books about marine ecosystems, which are mainly realistic illustrations, as it lovingly illustrates the mudflats and the creatures that live there in bright colors.

Author : An Miran

An writes books for children in Busan, a seaside city she first visited on her school trip at 15. Her books include 《Two Feet, Three Feet, and Four Feet》, 《Animal Job Counseling by Geunyang The Cat》, and so on.

Illustrator: Gook Jiseung

Gook wrote and illustrated 《Baro’s Trip》, 《Dad and A Tiger Bus》, 《I Like It as It Is》, and so on. She prefers picture books to ice cream or tiger.

Director: Koo Bonjoo

Koo is currently a principal investigator at KIOST and a professor at the Department of Oceanography at the Korea National University of Science and Technology. He has been researching the ecology of tidal flats for 25 years, and his books include 《Mudflats Researched by Artificial Intelligence and Drones》.