Production of Picture Book Video "Starlight Hero Gang Gam-chan" Read by Seniors in Gwanak-gu

A Small Gift for Lower Elementary and Daycare Children Struggling Due to COVID-19... Creating Communication Time Between Children and Seniors Through the Gang Gam-chan Picture Book

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gwanak-gu (Mayor Park Jun-hee) has produced the "Grandmother Reads and Tells the Starlight Hero Gang Gam-chan YouTube Video" and posted it on the Gwanak-gu YouTube channel "Live Gwanak."

The picture book "Starlight Hero, Gang Gam-chan!" was independently produced and published by the district last May as part of building the "Gang Gam-chan City Brand," which aims to reexamine the cultural asset value of General Gang Gam-chan and strengthen the city's identity.

The district stated that although the picture book is available at district libraries and elementary school libraries, a separate reading video of the Gang Gam-chan picture book was produced for lower-grade elementary school students and daycare children who have difficulty accessing it due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.

The video was finalized in December last year with the talent donation of the daycare picture book reading senior job project group and children’s book author Lim Su-jeong.

Two versions were produced: "Grandmother Reads the Starlight Hero Gang Gam-chan," where nine grandmothers assigned roles and read the entire picture book, and "Grandmother Tells the Starlight Hero Gang Gam-chan," where one grandmother narrates the story.

In particular, this project is even more meaningful as it started from the suggestion of grandmother Park Onam, a participant in the senior job program, who said, "We want to read picture books to children non-face-to-face, but there are many copyright restrictions. Since we have a picture book produced by our district, it would be good to make it on YouTube."

The video is posted on the YouTube channel "Live Gwanak," and anyone can watch it anytime and anywhere by searching for "Starlight Hero Gang Gam-chan."

Mayor Park Jun-hee said, "I hope that the Gang Gam-chan picture book reading video, produced through the voluntary proposal of senior job participants and the talent donation of children’s book author Lim Su-jeong, will help children and seniors communicate and restore emotional connections disrupted by COVID-19." He added, "We will continue to prepare various online programs and do our best to comfort the residents exhausted by COVID-19."

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