First Books (ages 3-8) • Series

Tombiş Kitaplar Dizisi

Tombiş Maskeli Baloya Katılmak İstemiyor
Chubby Doesn’t Want to Join the Masquerade

Behiç Ak

Editor: Müren Beykan

I recognized you from your mask!

Created by the master author of fun stories, “Chubby Books” series has reached its fifth title. In this book of the series, Ak is pointing out that the personal characteristics cannot be hidden behind the masks. Memo, who’s excited about going to the masquerade and his close friend Chubby who has issues with masks, are inviting the children to notice the details. Opening the door to philosophical readings “Chubby Books” encourage early age readers to ask questions and create their own stories.

Overview

When Memo learns that there will be a masked ball that evening, he gets very excited and runs to his close friend Chubby. He was dreaming to wear such an interesting mask that nobody would recognize him! However his friend was very disappointed and Memo had to convince him in the first place…

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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