When my first son was the second grade, I heard that there are several interesting children's books written by a Korean author. As soon as I found her name is Linda Sue Park, I started to look for her books and read all of them with my children. My first son learned from her books about who is the founder of Kokooryeo (The name "Korea" came from the name of this ancient country) from Archer's Quest, the first son's position and roles in Korean traditional families from The Kite Fighter, and the way to like Kimchi from Project Mulberry. I think the book taught my children about Korean culture much more than I could do.

For this blog, I chose this book among many her books although this book may not Park's best work, because of the following reasons: First, this book is about a science project. Maybe since I am still a fan of science, it was excited to read what happened to silk worms and how they changed over time. I heard that my mother used to raise silk worms at her house when she was young, but I never saw silk worms with my eyes. It was quite wonderful to know how silk worms make cocoons from this book! ; Second, this book describes the friendships between people who have different ethnic backgrounds. All the characters appeared in this book became friends beyond their biased prejudice about ethnicity. I wish my children do act like the main character, Julia, and make good friends...