The cicada and the musician sing. Their singing is the sound of love, loneliness, anger, and anxiety in their lives.

Babak Saberi was born in 1965. He is an orthopaedic surgeon who lives with his wife and their twin daughters in Yazd, a city located in the centre of Iran. He has published many books for children, some of which are translated into other languages like Chinese, English, French and Italian. He considers children’s literature as his main profession, loves conjuring up stories and never misses a chance to recite them for children himself.