Our World

Joining the Our World series for very young readers, this board book with endnotes about daily life in Turkiye was created by a Turkish author and illustrator. "This series offers solid glimpses of faraway places, more poetry than a tour guide . . . evocative and inviting" - School Library Journal Gunaydin! Come along for a day in Turkiye. Eat fresh simit and plums, play yakantop, and search for stories inside coffee cups. Turkish author Emrah Guler and illustrator Deniz Üçbasaran draw on their lived experiences to create this playful board book, which features educational endnotes, as part of the Our World series for very young readers. AGES: 0 to 4 AUTHOR: Emrah Guler is a writer and journalist from Turkiye who has been writing professionally for 25 years. He is the founding partner of a digital media agency, creating strategy and tailoring content to cultural institutions, film industry, and civil society. Emrah has worked closely with disadvantaged groups including refugees, the LGBTQ+ community, women, children, and minorities. He graduated from the Children's Book Academy, is a member of SCBWI, and is also one of the authors of UN Women's recent initiative Awake Not Sleeping, a collection of 25 stories reimagining fairy tales. Born in Istanbul, Turkiye, Deniz Üçbasaran moved to Izmir after completing her university education. She has been working as a freelance illustrator for many years and has dozens of children's books, some of which have won awards. Deniz shares life with a garden, trees, flowers, books, and cats. In recent years, she has also embarked on new artistic adventures in her ceramics workshop. SELLING POINTS: . SERIES: Part of the Our World series of global board books for very young readers. . AUTHENTIC: Author Emrah Guler and illustrator Deniz Üçbasaran draw on their personal experience growing up in Turkiye. . AVOIDS STEREOTYPES: A focus on daily life in Turkiye, rather than landmarks, offers real insights the country that will resonate with children from all over the world. . LANGUAGE LEARNING: Introduces basic Turkish vocabulary. . GLOBAL AWARENESS FOR VERY YOUNG CHILDREN: Bold artwork, engaging text and relatable topics make global learning accessible to very young readers. . ENDNOTES: Endnotes offer simple explanations of the objects and actions found in the book.