Baby Cousin's Big Day

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 microphone, a ball, money, yarn, a paintbrush, and other things. Dasom will pick something, and that will decide her future. If she picks a ball, she will be an athlete. If she picks a paintbrush, she will be an artist.

Yoomi is worried. What if Dasom picks a paintbrush and doesn't want to be an artist? Grandma assures Yoomi that Dasom can become whatever she wants-but maybe she will be a creative person, just like an artist.

But Baby Dasom's choice surprises everybody--and reminds us that friends and family are what's important!

Yoomi's concern displays empathy, and her questioning shows a girl exercising her critical thinking muscles in this delightful story about family customs and relationships.

YOOMI FRIENDS AND FAMILY is a picture book series about a Korean girl, her loved ones, and her culture. Other books in the series are No Kimchi for Me!, a Junior Library Guild selection and a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year, Let's Go to Taekwondo: A Story About Persistence, Bravery, and Breaking Boards, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and Sunday Funday in Koreatown, a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection.

Author: Aram Kim
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 08/05/2025
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 10.10h x 8.10w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780823459759
Audience: Ages 4-8


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2025
School Library Journal 05/09/2025 pg. 1

About the Author
Aram Kim is a NY-based children's book author/illustrator and a picture book designer. She was born in Ohio, spent her childhood in South Korea, and now lives in Queens, NY. Aram brings a distinctive South Korean flair to works she creates. She is an advocate for diversity in children's literature, and creator of the Multicultural Children's Book Day poster for 2018.

Her debut picture book Cat on the Bus is an ILA/CBC Children's Choice. Her books in the Yoomi Friends and Family series are all Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selections and No Kimchi for Me! is a Bank Street College Best Book of the Year.

Aram has been invited to numerous book festivals and events to read and to talk about her creative process. She also holds workshops for people who want to create their own children's books. Visit aramkim.com.