Aram Kim

• Aug-2025
• / General Fiction

Yoomi wants her baby cousin to be happy–on her 1st birthday and for the rest of her life. Can Yoomi help?The whole family is gathering to celebrate baby cousin’s 1st birthday. They will do the doljabi! Dasom’s mommy will assemble a ...

• Jan-2023
• / General Fiction

From Korean American author-illustrator Aram Kim, Tomorrow is New Year's Day follows a little girl sharing the fun customs of Seollal -- the Korean Lunar New Year -- with her classmates.Seollal, the Korean Lunar New Year, is Mina’s favorite day of ...

• Mar-2021
• / General Fiction

Yoomi and Daddy are going to Koreatown today! This story celebrates family, resilience, and Korean culture. Yoomi has planned the perfect Sunday! But the shirt she wants to wear is in the laundry. And she doesn't have the seaweed she needs for...

• May-2020
• / General Fiction

Yoomi wants a yellow belt. But she's afraid to break the board. Grandma to the rescue! Yoomi and her friends are ready to take on the test for their yellow belts in taekwondo. But Yoomi is afraid to break a board. Meanwhile, Grandma is struggl...

• Sep-2017
• / General Fiction

Yoomi hates stinky, spicy kimchi―the pickled cabbage condiment served at Korean meals. So her brothers call her a baby and refuse to play with her. Yoomi is determined to eat kimchi. She tries to disguise it by eating it on a cookie, on pizza, a...

• Aug-2016
• / General Fiction

This nearly wordless book uses onomatopoeia and striking bold illustrations to tell the story of a homeless cat who meets an Asian grandfather on a bus and finally finds a home. A cat enters a grocery store in search of food, but the proprietor sh...