Korean Picture Books and Graphic Novels for Extensive Reading: Read at Your Own Pace!
The East Asian Library developed a Korean extensive reading (ER) collection in support of the Korean language program at University of Toronto. Extensive reading of children’s literature has many benefits for foreign language learning. Through engaging with text and attractive illustrations learners can easily construct meaning, as well as understand different stories and discourse types. Graphic novels are a powerful language learning tool and they expose readers to real-world language, complex texts, popular culture, humour, and more in the target language. Reading children's literature and graphic novels provide great training for reading adult literature.
The Korean Children’s Stories and picture books are shelved in the Extensive Reading (ER) section, and they are divided into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Please check a label located at the bottom right corner of a book for content level. Korean graphic novels are also shelved in the Extensive Reading Collection shelf, located behind the library's reference helpdesk. A full list of books can be found in the file attached titled, "2024Kor_Extensive_Reading_Collection_List."
If you wish to request a library pickup, please go to LibrarySearch and use simple search to find a book. The easiest way to find ER books is by using either romanized titles or ISBNs listed in the attachment below.
Are ER books too easy for you? Take your reading to the next level with 외국인을 위한 한국어 읽기 series, which includes 100 Korean books in three reading levels: level 1 from volumes 1-50, level 2 from 51-80 and level 3 from 81-100.
Are you a member of Toronto Public Library (TPL)? Go to TPL online catalogue, and use "Korean juvenile literature" or "Korean graphic novels" as search phrase and limit language option to "Korean" to see the TPL collection.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Korean Studies Librarian at: