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Gürsen Özen

Editor: Müren Beykan
Illustrator: Yusuf Tansu Özel

Stories of those who grow up without losing their spark...

Educator and author Gürsen Özen, who brings her teaching experience into her stories with a literary touch, has added a new book to her growing collection of short stories. In this warm-hearted collection of 9 stories, readers are invited into the hearts, dinner tables, gardens and school corridors of children who are eager to grow up, yet still wish to stay little. These captivating stories carry the joy that overflows from a child’s heart all the way to the world of grown-ups.

Overview

Happy students spilling out of the classroom like popcorn, their bellies full of play; lemon trees that grow apples, children who turn into daisies on April 23^rd, mispronounced carnations, lampposts that run backward, rolling suitcases, meals sweeter than Turkish delight, locked diaries, owning a keychain for the very first time, garden chases… Every story is for all the children whose happiness can barely be contained.

AUTHOR

Gürsen Özen

She was born in 1949 in Susurluk, Balıkesir. She graduated from the Turkology Department of İstanbul University. Özen began her teaching career in Şavşat, Artvin and continued for many years at Fethiye High School, later working in private, and preparatory schools. Alongside her work as a literature teacher, she actively contributed to social and cultural projects focused on children and young people. Özen brought together stories of childhood in all its forms in her book, Hopping Stories (Seke Seke Uçtu […]
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