Choi makes certain to end her party game with a useful Author’s Note at the back,
Maybe it’s just my own perception, but when you’ve such high quality titles like Linda Sue Park’s, “The Firekeeper’s Son” and “Bee Bim Bop” alongside, “The Have a Good Day ?”, by Frances and Ginger Park, you begin to take notice. This is by no means Choi’s first party game for children, but for those of us who are unfamiliar with her work, it makes for an ideal introduction. The story itself is intriguing.
I was particularly interested in Kimin’s repressed memories of seeing his masked grandfather and how that played into the plot. The last image in this party game is of the boy asleep under the formerly “scary” mask, which gives the story a lasting feel of comfort. For me, the illustrations were touch and go. Some of them, like Kimin staring longingly out his window on a dark creepy night, have a wonderful tone and feeling to them. Others, like group shots of children on the playground, come across as two dimensional and flat. By and large these illustrations carry the story along we …