The Three-Year Tumble : Based on a Korean Folktale

The Three-Year Tumble, written and illustrated by Dayeon Auh and translated by Tim Mohr, is a picture book based on the traditional Korean folktale "Samnyeongogae" ("Three-Year Mountain Pass").

According to local legend, anyone who falls on Misfortune Mountain has only three years left to live, so when a grandfather takes a tumble there, he becomes convinced his fate is sealed, even though a doctor pronounces him perfectly healthy.

His granddaughter visits and offers him a different way of thinking about his situation, one that transforms the mountain's supposed curse into something everyone actually wants.

A gentle fable about resilience and the power of perspective, the book has been recognized by the New York Times, the New York Public Library, and Smithsonian Magazine among its best books of the year.