‘The Unnamed Pebbles’ is the fascinating story of some baby-pebbles and their mum living by a pond. One day, a baby pebble decides to learn how to swim like a piece of wood. Although her mum explains to her how different wood pieces and pebbles are and swimming may end her life, she doesn’t pay a blind bit of notice. So the mother pebble throws her into the pond and she lands at the bottom where a nice merman lives. He likes the mother pebble. So finally the whole family decides to leave for the bottom to start a new life. The best Iranian Writers’ series consists of 30 books of which 18 have been published. The series which is a sort of an encyclopedia of noted Iranian writers and illustrators, opens with brief biographies and reviews on their works.

Seyyed Navid Seyyed Aliakbar is one of the younger writers of Iranian children’s literature. He was born in 1983 in Tehran and majored in the restoration of historic artifacts. Seyyed Aliakbar began his story writing career at the age of seven when he had his stories published in magazines. The distinguishing feature of Aliakbar’s stories is the pure and authentic imagination seen in them. Most of his works are for children. He tries to create a fantasy embedded in reality and associated with real life by using the cultural capacities and characteristics of Iranian children. It is this feature that distinguishes his works from those by the other new generation Iranian writers and attracts the attention of scholars and critics. Selected Works: Junior Giant Must Stay at School (2007), Elmi-Farhangi Publishing House The Story of Sarah, Apple Jam, and the River (2008), Elmi-Farhangi Publishing House Melika and Her Cat Series (2011), Ofogh My Dad Tastes Good with Sauce (2012), Shabaviz The Circle (2014), Afarinegan From the Diary of a Giraffe-dwelling Writer (2014), Afarinegan Teaching Mommy-wrapped Story Writing for no Reason (2015), Golagha The Stories of the Clever Donkey Foal (2015), Chekkeh Selected Awards and Recognitions: Flying Turtle Award, Silver Best Book Award of Isfahan Literary Awards, IBBY’sSelection and Introduction in the List of Selected Books for Children with Special Needs