Grandpa Across the Ocean

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To my father The illustrations in this book were made with colored pencils.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Yum, Hyewon, author, illustrator.

Title: Grandpa across the ocean / Hyewon Yum. Description: New York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021. | Summary: When a little boy visits his grandfather on the other side of the ocean, everything is unfamiliar and boring until time together proves that Grandpa can be a lot of fun.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020005159 | ISBN 9781419742255 (hardcover) Subjects: CYAC: Grandfathers--Fiction. | Korea--Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.Y89656 Gr 2021 | DDC [E]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020005159 Text and illustrations copyright Š 2021 Hyewon Yum Book design by Hana Anouk Nakamura Published in 2021 by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.

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Grandpa Across the Ocean HYEWON YUM

ABRAMS BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS NEW YORK

To my father The illustrations in this book were made with colored pencils.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Yum, Hyewon, author, illustrator.

Title: Grandpa across the ocean / Hyewon Yum. Description: New York, NY : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021. | Summary: When a little boy visits his grandfather on the other side of the ocean, everything is unfamiliar and boring until time together proves that Grandpa can be a lot of fun.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020005159 | ISBN 9781419742255 (hardcover) Subjects: CYAC: Grandfathers--Fiction. | Korea--Fiction.

Classification: LCC PZ7.Y89656 Gr 2021 | DDC [E]--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020005159 Text and illustrations copyright Š 2021 Hyewon Yum Book design by Hana Anouk Nakamura Published in 2021 by Abrams Books for Young Readers, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.

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Grandpa Across the Ocean

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HYEWON YUM

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My Grandpa lives on the other side of the ocean.

Where Grandpa lives, it smells strange.

It sounds strange.

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My Grandpa lives on the other side of the ocean.

Where Grandpa lives, it smells strange.

It sounds strange.

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When I say “Hi,�

Grandpa bows.

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Then he hugs me like no other person.

When I say “Hi,�

Grandpa bows.

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Then he hugs me like no other person.

I can’t quite understand what he says, and he can’t hear me well.

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Yuck

Grandpa eats things I don’t want to eat.

I can’t quite understand what he says, and he can’t hear me well.

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Yuck

Grandpa eats things I don’t want to eat.

Grandpa’s house is the most boring place on earth.

There’s nothing for me to do.

And he takes naps all the time in his chair.

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He always watches his TV. A very important thing is on the news, so I can’t watch my cartoon.

Grandpa’s house is the most boring place on earth.

There’s nothing for me to do.

And he takes naps all the time in his chair.

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He always watches his TV. A very important thing is on the news, so I can’t watch my cartoon.

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My ball is the only toy here.

I kick it in the house.

Until it flies toward Grandpa’s orchid pots‌

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Until it flies toward Grandpa’s orchid pots‌

My ball is the only toy here.

I kick it in the house.

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I’m in trouble.

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I’m in trouble.

But Grandpa doesn’t seem mad at all.

His hands are warm and gentle.

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Still, I feel like crying.

But Grandpa doesn’t seem mad at all.

His hands are warm and gentle.

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Still, I feel like crying.

So Grandpa quickly fetches me some peaches.

And he even lets me watch my cartoon.

A peach is so sweet, I forget about crying.

Then he takes down his mini car from the very top of the bookshelf.

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Grandpa laughs, just like me.

So Grandpa quickly fetches me some peaches.

And he even lets me watch my cartoon.

A peach is so sweet, I forget about crying.

Then he takes down his mini car from the very top of the bookshelf.

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Grandpa laughs, just like me.

He teaches me his Korean words, and I teach him how to say them in English.

When we go to the market to buy a new flowerpot, everybody says I look just like my grandpa.

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I hold his hand tight.

He teaches me his Korean words, and I teach him how to say them in English.

When we go to the market to buy a new flowerpot, everybody says I look just like my grandpa.

Grandpa smiles.

I hold his hand tight.

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Grandpa likes chocolate best, just like me.

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But with Grandpa, I don’t need to say the word for what I want most.

He already knows.

Grandpa likes chocolate best, just like me.

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But with Grandpa, I don’t need to say the word for what I want most.

He already knows.

The next day, Grandpa drives me to the beach.

In the car that smells like Grandpa, we listen to Grandpa’s songs.

Now they’re my songs, too.

He’s a great singer, just like me.

At the beach, we play all day.

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“What a wonderful world!”

The next day, Grandpa drives me to the beach.

In the car that smells like Grandpa, we listen to Grandpa’s songs.

Now they’re my songs, too.

He’s a great singer, just like me.

At the beach, we play all day.

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“What a wonderful world!”

I get tired, but Grandpa doesn’t seem to.

I have to scold him from time to time.

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He’s such a troublemaker.

Just like me.

Grandpa doesn’t even take a nap.

He’s a bit spoiled with me.

He is my grandpa, after all.

I get tired, but Grandpa doesn’t seem to.

I have to scold him from time to time.

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He’s such a troublemaker.

Just like me.

Grandpa doesn’t even take a nap.

He’s a bit spoiled with me.

He is my grandpa, after all.

We watch the waves come and go.

They look just like the waves on the other side of the ocean.

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We watch the waves come and go.

They look just like the waves on the other side of the ocean.

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Now where Grandpa lives, it smells familiar.

It sounds familiar.

I wish summer would go on forever.

Grandpa agrees.

And it feels like home.

I can say “Hi” in Grandpa’s words.

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But we both know I have to go back across the ocean.

Now where Grandpa lives, it smells familiar.

It sounds familiar.

I wish summer would go on forever.

Grandpa agrees.

And it feels like home.

I can say “Hi” in Grandpa’s words.

I can eat the kimchi Grandpa likes.

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But we both know I have to go back across the ocean.

Then he hugs me like no other person.

Just like Grandpa.

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When I bow to say goodbye, Grandpa says, “Bye!�

Then he hugs me like no other person.

Just like Grandpa.

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When I bow to say goodbye, Grandpa says, “Bye!�

And I can’t, can’t wait for next summer.

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And I can’t, can’t wait for next summer.

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