Kim So-Un

This book tells a classic Korean folktale, in which a huge white tiger lived in the Kumgang Mountains and tormented the nearby village for years, coming down to hunt horses and cattle, and also the people who lived there. The best hunter ventured into the Kumgang Mountains to shoot the white tiger and save the village. He never returned, and so the hunter's son seeks revenge for his father's death. Lots of ineresting things happen along his journey: he thinks a priest is really a tiger dressed up as a priest, so he shoots and kills the priest. For the same reason, the hunter shoots and kills an old woman, a young girl, and a young man. In each case, after the person is killed, the dead body turns into a tiger. The illustrations are very appealing, imperfect line drawings that really stand out.… (mehr)

A young man's journey to kill the Tigers of the Kumgang mountains after finding out that it was them who killed his father. He trains for many years before he is ready to go after the Tigers. Along the way he meets people who tell him he must complete tasks in order to be good enough to kill the Tigers. After many more years of training he goes after the Tigers. He realizes that the Tigers are in forms of ordinary people who have a tiger paw, tail or other body part not common to humans. He is smart and defeats all the Tigers. The village is happy and they rejoice as he returns.… (mehr)