I just adored this book!! It was a smidge long and complicated for my 7yo (way too old for my little guy). However, the 7yo managed through and we had great discussion about the development of language and letters, reading and writing, and even a bit about class systems and the importance of education! ( )

The fable of how Korean characters were made

A fictionalized telling of how the great King Sejong of early Choson created the Korean alphabet, involving a commoner youth who helped show scholars from the Hall of Worthies that the alphabet was a gift from the gods. ( )