Children's Books (ages 8-12) • Poems

Kahkaha Keki
LAUGHTER CAKE

Çiğdem Sezer

Illustrator: Sadi Güran
Editor: Müren Beykan

From sky to the earth, may our world be knitted with poetry!

The owner of the prestigious poetry awards, master author, poet Çiğdem Sezer voices childish dreams, joy and wishes in her new poetry book. Her poems extending from homes to streets, from sky to birds, from trees to the hearts of words, inspire children. With a humorous and loving approach to various moments of life, poems woven with an innocent plainness create multicolored and multidimensional images. It opens the door of a world full of unique childhood feelings for young readers to approach the world around them with heart and soul. Artist Sadi Güran’s refined and original illustrations enrich the poems and make readers feel the warmth of them.

Overview

Some poems from the book: You Raise Me Mom, The World is a Home for All, Laughter Cake, I Can Read by Myself, Balloon Seller Boy, Apple Tree, What Remained are The Clouds, Grandma’s Glasses, My Dad is a Hero, Words are Colourful, Words Have Eyes, The Words Change Place…

AUTHOR

Çiğdem Sezer

Born in Trabzon, Turkey, Sezer graduated from Ankara Gevher Nesibe Health Education Institute. She worked as a nurse and a teacher. Her poems were published in various literary magazines such as Kıyı, Karşı, Çağdaş Türk Dili and Varlık. After her first book of poems Kanadı Atlas Kuşlar (1991), she received Dünya Book Magazine Poetry Award for Çılgın Su (1993); Orhon Murat Arıburnu Poetry Award for Bir Şehrin Hatıra Fotoğraflarından (1998); 2006 Ceyhun Atuf Kansu Poetry Award for Dünya Tutulması (2005) and 2017 Dağlarca Poetry Award for Küçük Şeyler […]
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