In a small town, the kids try to build the biggest snowman that any one has ever seen! After they finally finish the job, they invite their families and friends to come and see the biggest snowman that they have built. The next day when people wake up, they find out that they all should be at the service of this big creature and obey whatever he demands… Then when it comes the time for Spring to enter the town and the Sun to shine, the snowman resists …

The king’s son has become big and strong and nobody is a match to him in horse riding and archery. But when he shoots and breaks an old woman’s oil bottle, she says to him: “I will not curse you since you’re the only child of the king, but I hope you fall in love with the Orange girl!” You may say “That’s a good thing! The prince is lucky!” but… They say that the Orange girl lives beyond the mountains in the magic land… Anyone that has gone there never returned…

One day the little crow flew back home and announced happily: ‘Mum, I’ve finally found a friend! Look, he’s standing in front of our nest.’ But what does her mother see? She looks right into … the trunk of an elephant! ‘Didn’t I tell you to look for a friend of the same size height so that you can play together?’ The little crow is surprised: ‘We are of the same height: if I fly low and the elephant jumps up a little, we are of the same height.’ The mother can’t stop thinking of all possible difficulties, whereas the little crow can not understand the worries of her mother. They keep arguing until finally the mother tells her child: ‘do never teach your friend to jump off a wall! The little crow replies: ‘Of course not, Mama, it is an elephant, an absolutely normal elephant. Not a flying elephant!’

Left on its own, a large egg rocks back and forth. Suddenly there is a crack and out pops a fat little chick. The chick is all alone in the world. The animals living nearby don’t know what to do as they’ve never looked after a baby bird before. An unlikely assortment of foster parents takes over the job of trying to bring up ‘Baby’, as they call him, because he’s everyone’s baby’. They don’t always get it right but they do love him. A Bird Like Himself is a funny, understated story about the importance of parental love and of growing up by Iranian author and illustrator Anahita Teymorian. The humorous illustrations show all the different animals as they attempt to care for Baby – playtime is in a mouth full of teeth and then there are the numerous attempts to teach Baby how to fly.

A delightful story about a mouse who is rather too pleased with his own cleverness ...but a bit of realising his own foolishness teaches him what he needs to learn in order to become wise and happy. A mousy love story that shows how kindness is more important than beauty.

Once upon a time there lived a crow which had her nest on the highest branch of a tree in a village ! Children had named it; Mrs. Crow , it always croaked noisily ! But it was strange, there was no croaking any more, what had happened to Mrs. crow?

It shows the similarities in their feelings while encountering different situation!. This gentle, entertaining picture book takes on a universal topic and is appealing to readers young and old !

The story is about a crow that picks a friend as his best companion and it tries to convey the importance of friendship in children's lives.

All the animals want to play hide-and-seek, oh, no - Elephant asn't very good at that. He's too easy to find. What about leap-frog? He's not good at that either. What about hopscotch, or skipping, or tag? No, no and no. Poor Elephant isn't very good at many games, and the animals are staring to get frustrated with him. Luckily there is one game Elephant loves to play, and the animals oblige him, though they may have to say oh, no themselves when he wants to play it again. This rollicking, silly, repetitive text will have young readers laughing out loud and asking to read it again.

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.

One dawn the woods shine in more beautiful colors than ever before. On the edge of a clearing the trees shimmer green and red. And there in the sunlight- there’s something black lying on the ground. What on earth could it be?

The story of Simorghan (thirty birds) and the seven cities of loveMantiq al-Tair is one of the most eminent and attractive stories in Iranian mystical literature, written by Attar Neyshabouri, the great mystic of the sixth century

Saʿdī Shīrāzī, was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He has been quoted in the Western traditions as well. Bustan is considered one of the 100 greatest books of all time according to The Guardian.

Long ago there lived a king who collected taxes from his people under his ruling territories. One day one of the region’ representative asks the king to make a deal; he suggests to raise some questions to the ministers, if they were able to answer them, then the people would pay the taxes, if not then people would be free to pay the taxes! The king accepted the deal and called his ministers to go and find the answers…

At first glance, this concept is a color that imagines a strange life for itself. He seeks to blossom the cocoon of loneliness and finally feels alone that to get rid of loneliness and get acquainted with new colors, he must give in to the separation of parts of his being. In this work, the author pays attention to the fact that the colorful gems in the existence of every human being, if believed by him, will ignite and manifest themselves. Getting rid of the existing cocoon and moving towards the possible, which is sometimes a human desire, will be possible only by freeing oneself and giving oneself to the other, both of which are the same thing; But switching from one to another is a difficult task that is simply not possible.

“Little Pea and the Sneaky Beast” is an Old Iranian folktale that concentrates on the true potential and abilities of children regardless of any factors. Little Pea is tiny and different, but that by no means is enough reason that she wouldn’t be able to defeat even the biggest threats!

In this story, Shojaei has creatively embellished the humorous language of the work. Moreover, the use of humorous language can be considered as his technique as a writer to maintain the structure and spirit of this work. Also, Shojaei, by pointing out that this story of Obaid Zakani should not be considered as a merely humorous story, has tried to decipher what Obaid intended by composing this long story with all allusions and its intertextuality.

The story deals with what love is and what life is for. The red fish and the golden fish are in love with each other and live side by side, but the golden fish is forced to leave home. The story narrates the adventures of the red fish searching for her love and what she finds out about love and life.

A little boy is running through the village crying for help; “Flood, flood is coming.“ People are sitting around together drinking tea and chatting. When hearing the shout, they look surprised; “how could it be! It isn’t time for a flood!“ They are talking about what to do to stop the flood but do not take any action. The little boy doesn’t wait longer for the people to decide what to do, he went to his friends and they all ran towards the river to find a way to stop the flood.

Hadn’t you asked yourself where your dad went every day when you were a child? “At work “for sure.But what is at work or what it likes can have no clear answer for a little girl.This picture book shows a little girl with a big question: “where does my dad go every day?” she follows her dad to find out a good answer, but she loses track of him. A big polar bear finds her and helps her to find her home and also a good answer for her important question.

“The Explorer” is a brief take on the devastating issue of war, refugees, and asylum seekers. A story about the people – particularly kids - who have become victims to the ugliness of war and yet pursue their right to a better future.

There is an annual arrow shooting contest in which the winner is awarded a precious golden ball. Rad tends to compete with Toofan who is the top-winner for years. An old man called Naseem (Breeze), the great master of archery teaches him how to shoot. But, before participating in any archery exercises, he must learn three main lessons. Turning to a master in archery, on the day of the great archery competition, something eccentric happens.

Is a famous Persian poem by Iraj Mirza, 1874-1926 This short poem is a beautiful description of what a mother do to raise a child.

A vicious witch becomes madly envious over the beauty of the Princess Onion and tries to vanish her from the ground by offering her a poisonous apple. With the help of flowers and plants, she pops out and rolls toward the places kitchen where she feels a bit free while the chef chops her into pieces…

In this narration, the author has taken a new approach that shows both the rhythm of the original narration and a new rhythm of the novel version.This reflects the modern rhythm that exists in the repetitive structures of the images when you read and see the frames.

t tells of a group of rabbits living in green pastures. An elephant herd migrates away from its dried-out land to these pastures and resides around a lake. This migration disturbs life on the green pastures. The wise among the rabbits asks for help from the moon and drives the elephant herd away from the pastures so that peace and happiness returns to the life of rabbits.

The story of the smiling banana revolves around a blue lonely gorilla who makes acquaintance with a banana! Everyone makes fun of him until he meets a gorilla whose friend is an apple.

SAMANDAR, the young chameleon in a bush at a hot land forest. Every mornings as the sun rises from behind the mountains, she comes out of the bush, run up the trees, then run down the trees and over the branches to wake up all animals of the forest.

Mulla/ Hodja/ Hoca Nasrudin is the starring character in a vast number of amusing tales told in regions all over the world, particularly in countries in or near the Middle East. Each tale depicts Nasrudin in a different situation and through his viewpoint they humorously reveal commentary and lessons on various life themes.

Today, a Red Blob dripped down with the raindrops. The Red Blob looked down and got ready to color the city…

These two people each like only one color and always try very hard not to have contact with each other, but one day, due to an accident, a boy from one of the lands falls for a girl from the neighboring land, and this love leads to contact between their families and in the end their marriage. In this simple story, the author tries to express important concepts for collective life, and for paying attention to the power of love and putting aside prejudices and beliefs with one dimension and in his proverbial way, one color.

When I can’t fall asleep at noon, I look out the window. There’s always a grey sky beyond the window. With a few more grey buildings. But I saw something strange that day. A Pink Man!

And the story of Zahhak is one of the first stories of Shahnameh. Zahhak is the story of a good-natured human being who falls into the trap of the devil and gradually becomes an evil-doer. Zahhak is one of the few myths whose hero is not a hero forever, he makes mistakes like ordinary people, and on the other hand, ordinary people in his story do heroic deeds.

Booman is an eleven-year-old Afghan boy whose home was bombarded by the Taliban. His mother and grandmother, the only survivors of his family, insisted on sending him to Iran Tobe safe. Therefore, the sweet delicate world of his childhood replaces with terror and violence, blood and anger, hardship and darkness. He is a young witness to the cruelties of the adults of his time.

This story is a recreation of a fable originally written in “Kalila and Demna”, an ancient book with Indian roots. In the original story, an old egret tricks the fish into thinking that they are being taken to a safe lake, but they are in fact becoming theses the remaining fish bones while riding on his back. He then returns and informs egret’s food. Until one day, the crab also asks the egret to take him to the lake and the others. Children to think about and question what they hear.

Luck is a short, informative, useful common cultural story that revolves around the life of a man who complains about his life and luck. Therefore, he decides to visit luck and ask him why he is so miserable?

Little Sam is frightened of darkness and he has problem going to sleep when the light goes off! At the bedtime usually his parents tell him a story until he gets sleepy. But as soon as they are gone, little Sam becomes fearful again and thinks that there are lots of monsters and big creatures in his room. He could only sleep when the night ends and the sun appears. Till one night, a horrible thing happens, there is no power and everywhere is dark. He goes to kitchen to find a candle. When he lit the candle, all of a sudden he realizes that the monsters are nothing but the shadows of the things around him ...., then he is not afraid of the nights anymore.

Seven Horses, Seven Colors is the story of a handicapped girl who spends most of her time in her bed. Her life could be cold and quiet; however, she creates a new world with her imagination. A world in which there are some horses. One of them looks like her. He is motionless, colorless, and different from other horses, whereas colorful ones wander indifferent places and think variously. So, they help the colorless horse to experience new things. And finally, as he returns to the girl’s room, the girl’s life meaning changes.

The daughter of Pomegranate is the story of a girl who has lost her grandmother and could not believe in her absence. She didn’t know why the grandma’s house became empty. So, she searched everywhere and took care of her grandma’s cane. As the seasons passed, she gradually realizes the reason… But how?

According to this story, the hunter’s son goes to the mountains in heavy snow to fight the winter. By placing a large stone on his shoulder, he throws the rock on the ground to get rid of the winter. So, the spring wakes up. Kurdish people believe that the snow melts in the second half of February every year as a result of his deed.

Mr. mouse doesn’t know how to read and write. Once he was walking in the forest, he encounters Ms. Mouse. The illiterate mouse decides to console her by writing a letter after eating a piece of her book! Because he could not read or write, he turned to other animals to write letters. They edited the text of the letter according to their wishes and living conditions until the illiterate mouse realized and made a decision.

The King and the Moon is the story of a king who is afraid of the moon; Because his palace is by the sea and at every tide he worries that the water will take away his glorious palace. The soldiers said, Sir, isn't it better to take our palace a little further back? The king got angry and answered: Why should we? Who has ever heard a king retreat? The sea must retreat.” The soldiers replied: It is not the fault of the sea! The moon is responsible for this event!” So, the king looked for various ways to get rid of the moon!

Seeing the birds in the sky, the little elephant always loved to have wings in a way that he thought his big ears were wings and mistakenly grew on his head! So he asks the giraffe for help. Eventually, the tailor monkey gives him a hand! He cuts off his ears and sews them on his back! But, does it work? Of course, something was wrong.

A quail went to the mill and said: “O’ millstone, would you please cut the corn kernels into small pieces? The chicks cannot eat the big ones!” “sure”; The millstone replied. The quail filled her bag with small pieces of corn kernels and left. Henna-feather hen said: “O’ millstone, my feathers became pale. Please grind the henna leaves for me if it is possible. I want to dye them to have brightly colored feathers.”

The little fox loves the moon very much. One night the fox takes the moon from the sky and puts it into its den. The moon is silent and just shines. Thinking it is sad, the little fox tries to cheer it up but fails. Gradually, the moon gets bigger, and in the end it grows too big to fit in the den. Finally, the little fox discovers how to make it happy.

A Porter’s wife insists that he leave his job and become a fortune teller instead. He gets lucky by making two predictions that later come true, and so he is chosen as the governor’s personal fortune teller; but this is only the beginning of his story… “The Porter Turned Fortune Teller” is an old folktale revolving around the consequences of being untruthful.

The little polar bear is waiting for his mom to bring some food. As he's been waiting longer than usual, he falls asleep. But when he wakes up, he finds himself in the endless dark ocean. His ice house makes it to a harbor before melting away.

Mr Kwind is a well-known man in the city, sometimes though, he thinks of himself a big as his name and annoys others with his pride. To celebrate his reputation, he makes a beautiful sign for his home. A passing-by playful breeze sees this magnificent piece and steals the first letter of his name. He gets enraged, seeing that his favourite part of the sign is stolen. He looks all over the place and everywhere in the city but finds nothing and gets even angrier realizing that nobody knows him anymore. Seething with anger, he searches for his name everywhere and goes from side to side like the wind to find it. Up until he turns into the wind, a severe and angry wind! He goes out of the town to find his name. Beyond the farms, mountains, rivers and jungles, he reaches the lost names› land. He finds some names far elegant, glamorous and greater than his, yet lost. Surprised by this fact, he leaves his name behind and gets back to his hometown to find a way to get the people to memorize and love him without knowing his name.

This is a symbolic story of the paradoxes of love. Sometimes, children become so engrossed in their toys that they cannot bring themselves to giving them up even for a moment. As they grow up and make a friend, they want that friend to be only theirs. Even when they are grown-ups, the anxiety and the preoccupation of losing a relationship stays with them. In truth, you do not achieve what you like easily; and friendship are hard to get, and when you get it, you are always anxious to keep it somewhere inaccessible. But is there anywhere in the world which is inaccessible?

Little Whale's Big Dream is the story of a little whale who is mesmerized by the dreams of living in the city, and goes on a journey to make it come true. The ocean is huge. It’s full of the whales’ songs. For Little Whale though, the ocean is getting smaller and smaller. She loves traveling to unknown lands and exploring new worlds.. Little Whale should start her journey soon. This journey is the beginning of a thrilling adventure, With a great friend in a new world. All of us have shared the same dream as children to go on big adventures, finding new worlds with new people to befriend. As little Whale bids farewell to the ocean to embark on her journey, she faces people and places that make her realize where she truly belongs. Now It is time for the little whale to make an important decision... This story is about self-acceptance as well as friendship and adventures.

Do you think a newspaper remains a newspaper forever? Anahita Taymourian’s newspaper could have collected moisture and worn away on the kitchen windowsill, but she does not let that happen… She cherishes her newspaper named Berni, because she understands its messages of friendship and kindness on each line. She makes him into a paper boat that sails over all of the imaginary seas in the world. Berni loves to sail until the day when he learns to fly.

There are two hours left before the arrival of the new year, and everyone is trying to finish up last minute errands in the hustle and bustle of cars in the street and people carrying goldfish home for their Haft Seen Tables. Ardalan wants to get his hair cut. Atousa is ringing the doorbell at the seamstress, to pick up her new dress. The florist’s son and daughter walk down that alley to bypass the crowds and get home to their Haft Seen Table in time for the new year festivities.

Mr. Frog has a magic stick and can make any wishes come true. Some frogs wish to be big and strong while others wish to be small, so they can creep inside any holes. Now it is Mr. Frog’s turn to fulfill his wishes stick and fulfill the wishes. Three, two, and one…! There you are! First, ladybird wishes to be a hundred times bigger. Then, the turtle wants to be smaller. And some animals want to stay the way they are. Follow along to see what happens next!

A little girl does not like spaghetti. When she sees that mother has made spaghetti for dinner, she sulks and leaves the table. Doesn’t mother know that she doesn’t like spaghetti and salad? But mother says, “These dishes are not really spaghetti and salad!” In this story, mother uses her creativity and imagination in the art of decorating and presenting food in appetizing animal shapes to delight her child.

Once upon a time six men searched for a place where they could live and work in peace. At last they found the land they longed for. But for how long could they keep their new land peaceful? In this surprising book, David McKee explores the causes of war in a story even young children can understand.

18+2 Woodpeckers is a story about children with special needs. It is the story of a group of children, 18 of them are able to hear sounds and 2 of them are not. Then, there is an emotional relationship between these children and a group of woodpeckers. This connection eventually reaches to the point that the woodpeckers realize that the oral language, the language produced by articulate sounds, is only one form of communication. There is another form of language which is named sign language and is produced with the hands and the face or even with different kinds of signs or shapes. In this story, when the woodpeckers communicate with those two deaf children with the use of their feathers, sign language is born

A child grows and discovers the world.As he lies awake at night, he sees there's enough room in the sky for all the stars and the moon.When he visits the ocean, he sees there is enough for all the fish, even for the whales.As he goes up, he doesn't understand why people fight for space.Surly, if we are kinder to one another, there will always be room for everyone? This is a beautiful and profound picture book- a testament of our time and a touching allegory for war and the refugee crisis. This young child's reflection carry a profound message of peace and tolerance.

Everything goes well in nature until the day when a human, a woodcutter comes into the forest. He wants to build a house for himself and with that in mind, he winds up destroying the houses of the squirrel, the fox, the woodpecker, the hippo and other animals. But a flood ends up carrying his house away. The animals lose their homes and are sad and the man loses his home and all his possessions in the flood. The animals have compassion for him and he realizes his mistake. He comes to realize in fact, that the forest is for everyone; for the squirrel, the fox, the woodpecker, the bear and for humans too. This picture book is a unique combination of art forms which takes a look at environmentalism through the art of Origami in illustration, scene design, and photography that is able to narrate the story without prose. The group cooperation of the illustrator, Origamist, and photographer in creating this work is truly praiseworthy. The illustrations come to life and depict understanding that gets the reader thinking. When the woodcutter considers rebuilding his home, the animals in nature show him compassion, welcome him in and help him. The use of Origami in attractive, vibrant colors gives this book its distinctive character. 50 pages, B age-group suitable.

For many generations, everyone in Abtin’s family was a champion of one sports or another. But he has no resemblance to the rest of his family. He was neither an athletic, nor even liked to be one. His family was totally disappointed with him, specially his dad. He tried very hard to turn his son to a champion, but Abtin has his own way to make the family proud!

In Ramadan it is nice to explain to our kids that we often take things for granted. Whether it's the delicious sweets we eat or something as simple as the water we drink, we become conscious of all that we have.This also reminds us of those who, every other day, aren't as fortunate as we are, fostering feelings of compassion and empathy. It explains that Ramadan is a month of peace and understanding...

Nimblequick spins and swirls everything around him. The goblins are fed up with his behavior and they always tell him, “I hope the Bogeyman gets you, Nimblequick!” Their hopes finally play out and Nimblequick gets carried away by a tornado and lands in the hands of a Bogeyman in the land of the Bogeymen. Everything seems fine at first, and Nimblequick is happy but little by little his spinning gets him into trouble. Nimblequick learns a lot of things in the time he spends with the Bogeyman. He becomes inspired by their technology and progress and when he returns to the land of the goblins, he shares his newfound energy and inspiration with them. This is a story about the development of children’s skills but with the message that energies must be guided in the right direction. The element of action depicted in warm colors makes the illustrations vibrant and beautiful and creates perfect harmony with the prose. The forward movement of the fantasy and exciting antics make this book perfect for B the age-group. Nimblequick’s story will inspire confidence in children about their own abilities despite adult objections to their mischief and endless energy.

Once upon a time, a farmer wished to make the ugliest and most horrible scarecrow in the world. He placed it at the top of a small hill in the middle of his farm. The scarecrow did not want to scare anyone, but everyone ran when they saw him. However, there were lots of things that scared our scarecrow. Darkness frightened him; he was scared when he heard something rustle, and his loneliness made him scared. Therefore, he had to find a friend as soon as possible. But who would make friends with an ugly scarecrow?

“One hundred Rubies” is a very popular book in Iran. But why is that? Why a simple poem has captivated the Iranian minds for so long. Rahmandoost, the poet of “One hundred Rubies” recalls the memory of the day he created the poem: [during the seven-year war between Iran and Iraq] we were stuck in our positions for a long while. There was a food shortage due to siege and we couldn’t get any supplies from the support line… after some time we saw one of our own soldiers coming to us with a supply crate. We asked him how he managed to get here, and he told us “not to worry” and that they had “drove the enemy off”. In his crate there was two pomegranates as well. I remember breaking one and as I did that, the seeds dropped everywhere. Suddenly I recalled my mother who had passed away some time ago. She had a ruby necklace. Without really thinking about it, I started singing a verse: “One hundred rubies in perfect harmony, sitting in a row in one place.” I send the poem to Tehran and it was published in Keyhan Bacheha [a former popular magazine for kids]. And it has been famous ever since. Sang into popular songs and imbedded in movies. A poem created in the time of war, reminding us all how beautiful peace, life and nature are.

A man drives his truck up to a cliff's edge. Unable to go any further, he opens the back door of his truck and a flock of birds flies out, but, as the man soon discovers, a small timid bird remains. Surprised and delighted, the man acts kindly towards the bird and an intimacy develops. After lunch, the man tries to show the bird that he should fly off and join his friends. The man's comic attempt at flight deepens the encounter between these two very different creatures. Soon the bird flies off and the man drives away, but in a surprise twist the bird and his friends return, and in a starkly lyrical moment we see them all experience something entirely new.

He was a professional boxer who loved to box because it made him feel powerful. But the day came when there was nothing left for him to box, no one applauded for him or praised him or came to watch him anymore. One day, he began to think about his loneliness and his worn-out gloves and he wondered why his boxing no longer made people or even himself happy…

Many of the lady mice dreamed of becoming his wife, but he would always say: No, No… I want to marry the strongest creature in the world. The lady mice would look at him with longing. Sharptooth would go past them quickly and say to himself, imaging me marring a teensy mouse..Ugh! “Wedding with the Sun” is retold from an ancient Iranian folk tale. The story familiarizes children with natural phenomena and their power and effects in a satirical narration.

Auntie Beetle leaves her father's house to decide who she wants to marry. She meets several people, but not everyone is gentle enough for her to fall in love with. She's looking for someone that would treat her well,even when the face problems...

Turnip is unhappy with his big ears. He decides to wear a mask over his head to hide them. Everyone is amazed by his brilliant idea and decides to the same. They're all hiding something dislike about themselves., yet no one is distinguishable anymore! This outcome makes Turnip ponder...

Imagine having a house with eight doors. I think you would sometimes forget to close all the doors! But I hope to God that if you ever forget to close one- just like the story of Salty where she forgot to close the eight door- the same thing that happened to her doesn't happen to you and a beast doesn't enter your house! Now Salty has to figure out a way to throw the beast out the house...

Laugh at the walls is the first volume of triple fiction for children and adults, which revolves around life skills teaching. Persisting and making changes are the core themes of the story.

The story of some of people in different society, they are used to take advantages and cheat on others even their friends and colleagues by putting their hands into other's pocket.

The story takes an interesting turn when the older brother leaves to fight in a war. Everything then changes around the house and the boy begins to understand what his brother really means to him. “My Annoying Brother” helps children to understand and appreciate the true value behind the things that may seem not to carry a significant value at the time.

This is my red house. A little house, but it is beautiful and comfortable. Last night, I slept in my comfortable house. But now, my house has been disappeared.

Written by Parvin Dowlat-abadi, one of the greatest writers of children’s poetry in Iran, this book embodies the profound philosophy of the rotation of day and night; and in this rotation of sleep and awaking, the colorful beauties of the earth and the sky, children’s passionate and spirited life, and the game of the moon and the sun are narrated most eloquently. This book is published in an accordion format that can help to show rhythmic and repetitive form of day and night. The characters of Aftab and Mehtab are two children who play the role of day and night. This book is very suitable for reading aloud and performing dramatic activities.

Is a simple descriptive picture book that, with the help of a lovely kitty, makes young children familiar with adverbs of place, such as up, down, in, out,in front of,behind...

“Auntie Oldie” is an Old Iranian folktale that advocates one of the pillars of the Iranian culture, namely hospitality. This story helps children to understand the importance of being kind and hospitable to others, especially in times of need.

“The Hungry Mouse” is an Old Iranian folktale that revolves around greed. It helps children to understand that although “wanting more” is not necessarily a bad thing, it should not turn into greed and hurting others.

“Tippler and the Crow” is an Old Iranian folktale that takes on the concept of being careful and thinking ahead of time, so as to not regret the consequences. Helping each other in times of need is another theme of the story since no one should get through their problems alone.

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

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.

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.

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.