Korean illustrator Yum Hye-won recognized by Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards

Children's book "Ode to a Bad Day," illustrated by author and artist Yum Hye-won, received an honorable mention in this year's Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.

The cover of "Ode to a Bad Day" by Chelsea Lin Wallace and illustrated by Yum Hye-won. [BOSTON GLOBE-HORN BOOK AWARDS]

Children's book "Ode to a Bad Day," illustrated by author and artist Yum Hye-won, received an honorable mention in this year's Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards.

Written by Chelsea Lin Wallace and published last year by Chronicle Books, the awards said of the book, "Wallace’s cleverly written ode is well complemented by Yum’s familiar colored-pencil art in which the girl’s big feelings are conveyed through exaggerated facial expressions and the extreme body language of a young drama queen."

The Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, an American literary award presented annually since 1967, recognize books published in the United States for young readers in four categories: picture books, fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

Korean illustrators Suzy Lee and Baek Hee-na have previously been recognized by the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, in 2013 for "Cloud Bread" and 2022 for "Moon Pops," respectively.

This year's honorable mention for Yum adds to her accolades. She is best known for her works "The Twins' Little Sister, Last Night" (2014), which received a Fiction Honorable Mention for the Bologna Ragazzi Award and won the Golden Kite Award; "There Are No Scary Wolves" (2010), which won the Society of Illustrators' Founder's Award; "The Twins' Blanket" (2011), which was selected as a Junior Library Guild selection and "Mom, It's My First Day of Kindergarten!" (2012), which won the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award and was selected as a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year.

Yum studied Western art and print at Seoul National University's College of Fine Arts and illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York. She is currently based in Brooklyn, New York.

Children's book "Ode to a Bad Day" illustrated by author and artist Yum Hye-won received an honorable mention in this year's Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

The winner of the picture book category at this year's Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards, announced June 20, was "Do You Remember" by Sydney Smith. "I'm From" by Gary R. Gray, Jr. with illustrations by Oge Mora received an honorable mention alongside "Ode to a Bad Day."

"Remember Us" by Jacqueline Woodson won best fiction; "The Mona Lisa Vanishes: A Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity" by Nicholas Day and illustrated by Brett Helquist won best nonfiction and "Kin: Rooted in Hope" by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford won best poetry.

BY LEE JIAN [lee.jian@joongang.co.kr]