First Books (ages 3-8) • Picture books

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WARNING: BEWARE OF HUMANS!

Füsun Çetinel • Cansu Dinç

What if you come across humans in the forest?

Beloved for her books written for children and young adults, Füsun Çetinel this time creates a playful story for little ones about how humans disrupt nature’s balance. The untimely awakening of a bear family from hibernation comes to life through illustrator Cansu Dinç’s unique, colourful drawings, taking readers on a delightful visual reading adventure. A colourful and gentle tale about how everything in nature has its time, those who disturb nature’s peace, and the “real dangers” we might encounter in the forest.

Overview

The brown bear has woken up from hibernation, but he is still very sleepy. The noises coming from outside the cave have interrupted the bear family’s sleep before winter has even ended, waking them all up. When they step out of the cave, they are astonished to see the source of the noise in their forest: HUMANS! The meadow is full of plastic trash, swings have been tied to tree branches, fishing rods have been cast into the river and trout are being caught… The bear family looks for a way to chase away the humans, who with their shouting and commotion, have disturbed the peace of the entire forest…

AUTHOR

Füsun Çetinel

She was born in İstanbul. Çetinel graduated from the English Language Teaching Department of Boğaziçi University. She works as an instructor and facilitator in writing workshops in Turkey and abroad. Her stories and articles are being published in various literary magazines and online platforms. Her first children’s novel Talking Hagia Sophia (Ayasofya Konuştu, 2015) is about a boy who witnessed the secrets of Hagia Sophia in İstanbul. Her second children’s novel Road of Secrets (Sırlar Yolu, 2016)  is a story written with a wide perspective […]
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AUTHOR

Cansu Dinç

She was born in Amasya. She graduated from the Department of Architecture at Gazi University in 2016. After 2019, she began producing works in the fields of art and illustration. The artist, who has received numerous national and international awards, explores modes of urban interaction, concepts such as home, migration, and displacement, as well as the sounds and images of her “place of self,” through various artistic forms of representation in her solo and group exhibitions. Dinç who illustrates books […]
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