Taeeun Yoo Explained

Taeeun Yoo
Language:Korean, English
Genre:Picture Books
Occupation:Author, illustrator
Birth Place:Seoul, South Korea
Awards:Ezra Jack Keats Book Award (2010)

Taeeun Yoo is a South Korean picture book author and illustrator who is active in the United States. Her first picture book, The Little Red Fish, won the Society of Illustrators’ 2007 Founder's Award,[1] and Only a Witch Can Fly (2009) was named a New York Times Best Picture Book[2] and won the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award in 2010.[3]

Life

Yoo was born in Seoul, though later immigrated to the United States.[4]

She studied oriental painting at Hongik University. After attended the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy, she became fascinated with illustration, later receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Illustration as Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts.[5]

Influenced by etcher Bruce Waldman during her graduate studies, Yoo worked on her first book,[6] visited several publishers to show her work, and regularly sent out advertising cards. Thanks to such efforts, she was contacted by Dial Books for Young Readers after her graduation exhibition, and her thesis project, The Little Red Fish, was published in the United States in 2007, a year after her graduation.[7]

Career

Yoo's first picture book, The Little Red Fish, was published in the United States and subsequently translated and published in South Korea, Australia, Japan, and Spain.[8] [9] [10] [11] The book received the 2007 Founder's Award from the American Society of Illustrators. In 2009, her picture book Only a Witch Can Fly, with text by Alison McGee, was named a New York Times Best Picture Book of 2010, and won the Ezra Jack Keats Book Award for New Illustrator in 2010. Her 2015 book Strictly No Elephants has been translated into 13 languages and is heralded as a pitch-perfect book about inclusion.[12] [13] Kitten and the Night Watchman was named a Best Picture Book of the Year by the Boston Globe, Kirkus Reviews, and Publishers Weekly.[14] [15] [16] Other books she has written and illustrated include You Are a Lion! And Other Fun Yoga Poses and Love Makes a Garden Grow.

Style

Yoo uses a variety of techniques for her work. Her first picture book, The Little Red Fish, was created using etching with aquatint. In The Little Red Fish, only the red fish and the red covers of the book are hand-colored. By 2009, Yoo progressed to using linoleum block prints to print images on paper with ink, and then drawing on it with pencil. She sometimes uses Photoshop to adjust the colors when finishing up.[17] She created Kitten and the Night Watchman (2018) entirely digitally. For When the Storm Comes (2020), she manipulated block print textures digitally, and drew pencil and charcoal lines on separate sheets of paper, which she then combined in Photoshop.[18] Regarding such changes in technique, Yoo has said, "It all depends on what is most effective and what is most fun for me to work with."[19]

Awards and honors

Books written

The Little Red Fish won the 2007 Society of Illustrators' Founder's Award.

Books illustrated

Two of the books Yoo illustrated are Junior Library Guild selections: Round (2017)[20] and Kitten and the Night Watchman (2019).[21] Two books have been included on CCBC Choices lists: Hands Say Love (2015)[22] and Round (2018).

In 2008, Time included Shirin Bridges's The Umbrella Queen on their list of the top ten children's books of the year.[23] The following year, The New York Times named Alison McGhee's Only a Witch Can Fly one of the year's best children's books; Bank Street College of Education included it on their 2010 list.[24] The same year, McGhee's So Many Days was a Kids' Indie Next List pick.[25] In 2014, The New York Times named Polly Kanevsky's Here Is the Baby one of the top ten best illustrated children's books of the year.[26] [27] [28] In 2017, Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal named Joyce Sidman's Round one of the best picture books of the year.

Awards for Yoo's illustrations!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.
2007The Little Red FishSociety of Illustrators' Founder's AwardWinner
2010Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGheeEzra Jack Keats Book Award for IllustratorWinner[29]
2016Strictly No Elephants by Lisa MantchevCharlotte Huck AwardHonor[30]
2018Round by Joyce SidmanCharlotte Zolotow AwardCommended[31]

Works

As author and illustrator

As illustrator

References

  1. Web site: About . 2023-07-04 . Taeeun Yoo . en-US . 22 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200622054001/http://www.taeeunyoo.com/about . live .
  2. Web site: Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2009 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220324022716/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/20091108_best-illustrated_gg/list.html . 24 March 2022 . 2023-07-04 . The New York Times.
  3. Web site: 2010 Ezra Jack Keats Awards for Excellence in Children's Literature to Be Presented to Author Tonya Hegamin and Illustrator Taeeun Yoo at NYPL Ceremony on April 28 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230709163324/https://www.nypl.org/press/2010-ezra-jack-keats-awards-excellence-childrens-literature-be-presented-author-tonya-hegamin . 9 July 2023 . 2023-07-04 . . en.
  4. Web site: Yoo, Taeeun . 2023-07-09 . . 9 July 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230709175657/https://www.encyclopedia.com/children/scholarly-magazines/yoo-taeeun . live .
  5. Web site: Saxon . Antonia . 2014-05-15 . Q & A with Lauren Castillo . 2023-07-10 . . en . 26 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221126155156/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-authors/article/62297-q-a-with-lauren-castillo.html . live .
  6. Web site: Taeeun Yoo . 2023-07-25 . Taeeun Yoo . en-US.
  7. Web site: Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Taeeun Yoo . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209033115/http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1825 . 9 February 2023 . 2023-07-04 . Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast.
  8. Web site: 리브피아모바일 . 2023-07-25 . m.libpia.com.
  9. Book: Yoo, Taeeun . The little red fish . 2008 . Penguin Group (Australia) . 978-0-670-07235-4 . Camberwell, Vic.
  10. Web site: The Little Red Fish . 2023-07-25 . 紀伊國屋書店ウェブストア｜オンライン書店｜本、雑誌の通販、電子書籍ストア . ja.
  11. Web site: El pez rojo (Spanish Edition) - Yoo, Taeeun: 9788415250043 - AbeBooks . 2023-07-25 . www.abebooks.com . en.
  12. Book: Mantchev, Lisa . Strictly No Elephants . 2015-10-27 . Simon and Schuster . 978-1-4814-1647-4 . en.
  13. Book: Strictly No Elephants . 2015-10-27 . 978-1-4814-1647-4 . en.
  14. Web site: Globe . The Boston . Best 2018 books for children . 2023-07-25 . BostonGlobe.com . en.
  15. Web site: 2018-11-19 . Best Picture Books of 2018 From Kirkus Reviews – Children's Book Council . 2023-07-25 . en-US.
  16. Web site: 2018-10-26 . Publishers Weekly Best Children's and YA Books 2018 – Children's Book Council . 2023-07-25 . en-US.
  17. Web site: Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast » Blog Archive » Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Taeeun Yoo . 2023-07-04 . 9 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230209033115/http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1825 . live .
  18. Web site: Ashman . Linda . 2020-05-26 . Taeeun Yoo chats about WHEN THE STORM COMES (plus Giveaway!) . 2023-07-04 . en-US . 17 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220817122045/https://picturebookbuilders.com/2020/05/taeeun-yoo-chats-about-when-the-storm-comes-plus-giveaway/ . live .
  19. Web site: Let's Talk Illustrators #88: Taeeun Yoo . 2023-07-04 . 31 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230131000828/http://www.letstalkpicturebooks.com/2018/10/lets-talk-illustrators-88-taeeun-yoo.html . live .
  20. Web site: Round by Joyce Sidman . 2023-07-10 . . 1 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001081705/https://www.juniorlibraryguild.com/book/landing/detailedview?itemcode=9780544387614J&name=Round . live .
  21. Web site: Kitten and the Night Watchman by John Sullivan . 2023-07-10 . Junior Library Guild.
  22. Book: Townsend . Emily McKnight . CCBC Choices 2015 . Schliesman . Megan . Lindgren . Merri V. . Horning . Kathleen T. . March 2015 . 59 . en . 2023-07-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230626104128/https://minds.wisconsin.edu/handle/1793/74176 . 2023-06-26 . live.
  23. The Top 10 Everything of 2008 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230326191828/https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1855948,00.html . 2023-03-26 . 2023-07-04 . . en-us.
  24. Web site: Under Fives . 2023-07-10 . . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211128070754/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bankstreet_web/media/filer_public/2011/08/05/2010under5.pdf . live .
  25. Web site: 2010-02-10 . The Spring 2010 Children's Indie Next List . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220628223040/https://www.bookweb.org/news/spring-2010-childrens-indie-next-list . 28 June 2022 . 2023-07-04 . American Booksellers Association.
  26. Web site: Rhoades Ha . Danielle . 2014-10-30 . The New York Times Book Review Reveals 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2014 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230709163327/https://investors.nytco.com/news-and-events/press-releases/news-details/2014/The-New-York-Times-Book-Review-Reveals-10-Best-Illustrated-Childrens-Books-of-2014/default.aspx . 2023-07-09 . 2023-07-04 . . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2014-10-31 . New York Times Best Illustrated Books of 2014 . 2023-07-10 . . 7 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220107032909/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=2376 . live .
  28. Web site: 2014-10-30 . New York Times Best Illustrated Awards Announced . 2023-07-10 . [Publishers Weekly]] . en . 28 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228055236/http://publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/64565-new-york-times-best-illustrated-awards-announced.html . live .
  29. Web site: 2019-02-22 . Awards: Ezra Jack Keats Book Winners; Hayek Book Finalists . 2023-07-10 . . 2 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202115937/https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=3437 . live .
  30. Web site: Charlotte Huck Award (Fiction for Children) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206161420/https://ncte.org/awards/ncte-childrens-book-awards/charlotte-huck-award/ . 6 February 2023 . 2023-07-04 . . en-US.
  31. Web site: Schliesman . Megan . 2018-01-10 . CCBlogC: Bao Phi Wins 2018 Charlotte Zolotow Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230128091812/http://ccblogc.blogspot.com/2018/01/bao-phi-wins-2018-charlotte-zolotow.html . 28 January 2023 . 2023-07-04 . CCBlogC.

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