Cover Art - The Village Tree

Coming soon!

August Tree

Here is a rendering of the August tree...with a story about adults meeting under the tree to discuss the village and make decisions about what to do while they share food and the children play.

Which Color for the Village Tree?

We are working on a book about Korean village trees with illustrations by Kim Yisook.  The original drawings are black and white but we wanted to have color images for the book.  Here are 3 choices for one of the images with a black, gray, or brown trunk.  Leave a comment telling us which is your favorite.

The Tiger and the Bear

Here is a first draft image for our first book, the traditional Korean story about the tiger and the bear and the first Korean ruler, Dangun.  This image was made with the paper we had around the office as a sample. There are many beautiful kinds of paper in Korea that we will use in the final images.   Our plan is to create 16 paper cutout panels for the finished book. 

Hello to Our Future Readers

Pink Hibiscus Books is the brainchild of two literary partners, one American and one Korean.  Susan diRende, author, teacher, and filmmaker has over 20 years experience creating stories and teaching language and arts for all ages.  Kim Yisook has been a translator of literary fiction and non-fiction from English into Korean for over 10 years.  The two collaborated on a book published in Korea in 2011 by prestigious Moonye Publishing, American College 101: How to survive and thrive in college in America.  They founded Pink Hibiscus Books to introduce the richness of Korean culture to English-speaking readers.  They hope you will enjoy reading these stories.