First Books (ages 3-8)Series
Gülümseten Öyküler Dizisi

Alaaddin'in Geveze Su Boruları
Alaaddin's Chattering Water Pipes

Behiç Ak

Editor: Müren Beykan

This “cheerful story” of Behiç Ak is mirroring neighborhood and communication!

In this book, Behiç Ak is telling the interesting and humorous story of Alaaddin Bey who’s always listening the water pipes. While making fun of “gossiping” as one of the most common communication methods used in neighborhoods, Behiç Ak is on the other hand criticizing the prejudices caused by the gossips. This is a pleasant story about having an identity while being in accord with the society. Enriched with cartoon like colorful illustrations, the story gives children clues about the functioning of local administrations.

Overview

Alaaddin Bey never speaks but always listens. His best friend is Memo who can talk for hours even about very a simple subject. All the neighbors are wondering about Alaaddin Bey who’s every morning watching the sun rise sitting on a bench facing east, and every evening watching the sun going down sitting on a bench facing west. They all think that he’s a lazy idler. According to the kids he’s spy, even maybe an alien. One day when the water in the neighborhood is cut off, everybody learns who he is and what he does…

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Behiç Ak
AUTHOR

Behiç Ak

He was born in Samsun and studied architecture in Yıldız University and İstanbul Technical University. He’s a well-known cartoonist, author, illustrator, and documentary film director. He draws daily cartoons for Cumhuriyet Newspaper since 1982. His cartoons were exhibited in several countries like Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany. Besides his plays Separation (Ayrılık) and Building (Bina), his two other plays Fault Line (Fay Hattı) and City for One (Tek Kişilik Şehir) were staged in Europe and attracted big interest. The documentary film he produced and directed in 1994, […]
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Special Award 2013

 

Specifications

76 pages
130x195 mm
1st edition: 2008
32th edition: 2023
ISBN: 978-9944-717-06-9
Barcode: 978 9944 717 069

Themes

rumoursimaginationcommunication

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