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I'll Sow My Hands in the Garden |
40 Pages
978-600-333-376-5 | | | | Age Group: | 12+ | | Author: | Forough Farrokhzad | | Illustrator: | Hadadi, Hoda | | Language: | Farsi | | Prize: | Selected for the White Ravens's 2020 | | Publisher: | Mirmah Co. | | Abstract: | Forough is one of the effulgent Iranian contemporary poets to whom part of the spirit and stream of the Persian free verse is indebted.
Forough’s poetry is profound, critical and multifaceted. Forough was never a poet for children, but one can find tokens of tendency towards narratives with child-like tone and timbre in some poems of hers. |
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It's Spring Kids! |
28 Pages
978-600-333-319-2 | | | | Age Group: | 6+ | | Illustrator: | Hadadi, Hoda | | Language: | Farsi | | Poet: | Nima Yushij | | Publisher: | Mirmah Co. | | Abstract: | Nimā Yushij, also called Nimā, was a contemporary Persian poet. He is famous for his style of poetry which he called she'r-e now, also known as she'r-e nimaa'i in his honour after his death. He is considered as the father of modern Persian poetry.
He published his first poem, A Pale Tale (Ghesseye Rangparideh) in 1920.
There are also five children’s poems that shows his tender nature. One, among them is the beautiful poem It is springtime Kids. |
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Jackal who wished to become a Peacock |
29*20.5
30 Pages
9786005191684 | | | | Age Group: | 5+ | | Author: | Fereshteh Sarlak | | Illustrator: | Golmohammadi, Feeroozeh | | Publisher: | Nazar, Iran | | Rights Sold: | German, French, Chinese, English | | Abstract: | Jackal is unhappy with his dull brown and grey fur. He dreams of looking bright and beautiful like the peacocks so that will admire him. But is being a peacock really as glamorous as it seems? A story about longing, envy, ingenuity and finding out who you really are. |
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The Little Black Fish |
48 Pages
9786001520327 | | | | Age Group: | 12+ | | Author: | Behrngi, Samad | | Illustrator: | Mesghali, Farshid | | Publisher: | Nazar, Iran | | Rights Sold: | Turkish, English, Greek | | Abstract: | The story is told through the voice of an old fish speaking to her 12,000 children and grandchildren. She describes the journey of a small black fish who leaves the safety of the local stream to venture into the world. |
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That old king and this new one |
29*22
19 Pages
978-600-152-211-6 | | | | Age Group: | 8+ | | Author: | Mehdi Hajvani | | Illustrator: | Golmohammadi, Feeroozeh | | Language: | Farsi | | Publisher: | Nazar, Iran | | Abstract: | The king suffers from insomnia. The court witchcraft medicines do not work, so another Indian witch comes to rescue. However, the two witches get involve in complicity and give the king a medicine that puts him to eternal sleep. Then, the two bribe the guards, steal the king’s jewelry and property and flee. Consequently, people who feel free choose someone among themselves to be a king who differs from the former king only in appearance.
This picture book tells the story of societies whose people, instead of challenging the monarchy, fight the king, and think of changing the other instead of themselves, and wait for someone to take responsibility instead of shouldering the burden |
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