Children's Books (ages 8-12) • Story books

Kuuzu ve Lunapark Ailesi
Lambkin and the Funfair Family

İrem Uşar

Editor: Müren Beykan
Grafik tasarım: Huban Korman

In her second book for children İrem Uşar, who conquered the hearths of her child readers with her first children’s novel Fener’den Taşınan Işık, narrates the memories of her colourful family members in an equally colour language.

Overview

The book includes 13 amusing memories mostly evolving around “funny granddad” Ahmet Bey. All the memories are witnessing the sense of humour, urban culture and human relations of the past times referred to with nostalgia in current days.

The author known for her warm and simple style deals mainly with themes such as intergeneration relations, family bonds and joy of life.

AUTHOR

İrem Uşar

She was born in İstanbul, in 1975. Uşar studied Radio, Television, Cinema at Marmara University. She worked as a reporter, editor and scriptwriter. In 2010, she participated in a writing workshop in Antwerp, Belgium, with the invitation of PEN, and wrote her first children’s book The Light That Moved from the Light House (Fenerden Taşınan Işık, 2011) published by Günışığı Kitaplığı. The book was part of a special project coordinated by Günışığı for Sivrice Lighthouse near Assos, Turkey. She gained recognition with her […]
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