Subjects of Books:
Shahre Ghalam
There are many things that Qor-Qori knows and many other things that he doesn’t. ‘I Know’ and ‘I Don’t Know’ books make children familiar with thinking and asking (two essential life skills) through simple, fascinating narratives.
‘Auntie Beetle and the Heroic Carrot’ is an adaption of an Iranian famous folklore. Considering modern elements, it is meant to be more exciting and entertaining for today’s children. ‘Auntie Beetle and the Heroic Carrot’ tells the thrilling story of a nice beetle who’s married to a mouse painter.
‘A Goat with a Bell on His Foot’ tells the story of a mother goat leaving her three children at home while she goes to find food. At the same time, the wolf that’s been waiting to catch the kids for so long, grasps the opportunity and knocks on the door. He has to disguise himself so as to deceive t
Zi Series, a six-volume set of books for 0-6 year olds, is about a baby girl frog, living with her family and friends. Her wonderful adventures are accompanied with beautiful illustrations creating a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. In volume 1, Zi’s Granny, her granny helps Zi to learn new things an
‘The Dwarfy Dwarf’ is a baby giant who’s different from his other fellows. He’s looking for a delicious human to eat when he meets the elderly auntie. Since he is a giant and tends to find giant-like solutions for human-world problems, he faces numerous challenges out of which he learns a lot by the
‘The Cute Baby’, a 5-volume set, consists of some amusingly simple stories for children. Being entertaining for all little kids, it is especially amusing for those who don’t like to go to sleep, are still in the mood of playing and desperately seeking a reason not to fall sleep. The collection’s cha
‘Let’s Go and Get Back’ contains stories about public transportation. Considering the vehicle, each story occurs in an Iranian region. Just open each book to see how wonderful it is.
Getting familiar with nature changes and season differences are among children's basic education needs. In these books, children get to know different seasons and nature changes through simple stories with gorgeous illustrations. Young readers also become acquainted with Iran’s animals in danger of
‘The Bespectacled Giant’ consists of three short stories: 1. ‘The Roly-poly Knife’ tells the story of a blunt knife which is so lazy that everybody forgets about him when cutting a birthday cake. Losing the birthday party, he gets very upset. At the end, he decides to get sharp and nimble. 2. ‘The
‘Auntie Stork and Its Sweet Bread’ consists of three fascinating short stories: 1. As spring comes, the ‘Snow Man’ starts rolling his snowy carpet to leave until next year, when he notices a footprint on his snowy carpet. He doesn’t know whose footprint it is. So he asks his animal friends to find
Each volume of the 8-volume set of ‘1, 2, 3, Three Stories’ consists of three imaginative stories for children, with beautifully related illustrations. In addition to making children more aware of their natural environment and teaching them social relations inexplicitly, these stories are highly ent
The series tells the story of four strange elephants, which are unlike that of any other elephant in the world. One of them has a big head, the other has big feet, the third one is lazy and the last has pretty eyes. Big-Head is the smartest elephant in the world. He’s invented a garbage-eating mach
‘Catching the Biggest Fish’ tells the story of a boy living in the south of Iran, who goes to sea with his father to catch the biggest fish of all. One day, after catching many small fish, the biggest one gets caught in the boy’s hook. But the fish wails that if he lets it go, he’s given a great tre
‘Tarkan, the Jockey Boy’ tells the story of a boy who is a great horse rider like the most of his relatives. Hoping to give his sister a befitting wedding gift, Tarkan takes part in a horse riding race and wins the first prize. He gives the prize to his sister, making her very happy. ‘We Are Smil
‘The Improvident Ants’ is the story of some ants eating all aphids they find, instead of saving them for the winter and don’t take a blind bit of notice to their fellow’s warning. As a result they go hungry in the winter. The ants look awfully regretful but there is nothing left to eat. The best Ir
Apaosha is a mystical story about a rain deity whose imaginative facet is neatly developed in this narrative. Apaosha peddles clouds in different shapes to children. He keeps on selling the clouds until they are finished. Then children let them go freely to the sky, making it cloudy and rainy so tha
‘Jili Bili and the Kitty’ tells the story of two playful kids who’ve lost their kitty. They get in a car to look for him. But the car breaks down in the way and a big black mass gets out of the exhaust pipe. Jili Bili and his friend thinking the black mass is a car part, clean it thoroughly to put i
‘Boots in the Color of Oleaster’ tells the story of a boy and a girl of the same age. The boy likes the girl so much that he sees the world through her eyes. This is why he accompanies the girl to her aunt’s during a snowy weather. Getting there, she leaves the boy to be alone with his fears in th
‘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 bl
The globetrotter hoopoe loves traveling. She flies from one tree to another, from one mountain to another. Being weary and having nowhere to stay, she gets to a tree where a parliament of owls live. They invite her in to spend the night. But there is no sign of the last night’s hospitality as she wa
The best Iranian Writers’ series consists of 30 books of which 21 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.
‘Maheni’ tells the story of a boy who’s not able to talk. Not that he is born mute, but it’s more like that he has forgotten how to talk. Instead of talking, he writes and writes. His hands are always tired and he is always running short of papers. But a new neighbor named Maheni, a girl of his age,
Wedding Dress structurally resembles Iranian old fairy tales. It tells the story of a tailor who wants to make a wedding dress for the moon. But the moon shape changes every night, causing her serious trouble. It is not easy at all to make a dress fitting a changing body shape. Eventually, childre