For the Sake of friendship
Author: Jamal Akrami
Illustrator: Niloufar Boroumand
Publisher: Mehrab-e Ghalam Pubs.
Year of Publication: 2018
No. of Pages: 24
Age Group:6+
Size: 19× 19
ISBN:
About the Book:
One of the short tales from ”Friendship Series”, about a little squirrel who tries to know how we can keep a good friend. This collection, written for preschool children, consists of 15 stories, of which nine has been published. All the stories are thematically based on friendship and sympathy. The amusing tales and interesting illustrations are created by Iranian expert writers and skillful illustrators under direction of the renowned author, Majid Rasti, executive director of Mehrab-e Ghalam’s Board of Children’s literature. The artistic director of the board is Hoda Haddadi, the internationally acclaimed artist.
Excerpt:: The little squirrel took the flower from the hedgehog and smelled it. ”How nice it smells, the flower of our friendship!”
About the author
Jamal Akrami (1952), has been active for more than 4 decades as a poet, writer, illustrator and translator of children’s literature. He has also written some theoretical essays on illustration for children’s literature.