125 x 165mm / 168p / 6. Feb. 2023 / ISBN 9791188594245

Baby cat Mo's adventure in the forest in search of a smiling light.
Can the 'Mo find a smiling light without getting lost in the black forest, passing through dense bushes and sticky swamps, avoiding the fearsome bear?
 A picture book that gives courage to everyone who is about to start anew.

"Fear is caused by not knowing it well."

We often feel fear before excitement ahead of new challenges. I find myself unfamiliar in an unfamiliar environment and in front of strangers. There is nothing wrong with being careful about anything, but sometimes excessive fear prevents you from moving forward. And the fear often stems from the gaze, reputation, or rumor of others who usually have no clear shape.
This book aims to convey the message that when you meet a new friend, when you start a challenge to a new world, you want to be open-minded rather than afraid.

This is a picture book made of my cat 'Mo' as the main character and drawn with a pen. Mo followed my younger brother on the winter road in 2018 to my house. This cute cat with a big round mole next to its nose is scared but also curious.
Mo is a young cat that doesn't know much about it yet. What will happen if the young cat 'Mo' leaves the house in the middle of the night and goes to the dark forest without holding back his curiosity? I made a story out of these imaginations like that's what I thought. And this book also contains a message that I want to convey to my younger brother who discovered Mo. Seeing my younger brother worried about a new challenge or meeting. I wanted to cheer him up.

I wanted to say, "Don't be too afraid," to everyone who's about to make a new start like my brother.
I hope the readers will smile at Mo's silly and cute appearance and cheer for Mo's small adventure and enjoy reading it.

Author, Illustrator · Yeonju Choi

Feel free to draw what I saw carefully today, funny imagination, and everything I love.
 Most of them start with graffiti and continue to work.