2016Foreign RightsCatalogue2017

Welcome to the Catalogue of Erdem Publishing GroupErdem Publishing Group was founded in 1984 in Istanbul.

Here is a showcase of our range of charming, colourfully illustrated story and educational books. Erdem Publishing

Group has around 1000 interesting books.

Erdem offers to readers a variety of fiction, classic and modern books as well as non-fiction ones. They are all graded

from beginers’ to upper-intermediate level. These books have been selected not just according to their educational

value but also for the fun they offer the children. Our aim is to enable the children to enjoy learning and reading. An

exhaustive range of educational and activity books are also available to help preschool children develop general skills

such as handwriting, maths, spelling, sentence formation and so on. There are also materials such as English books and

educational series. We invite you to peruse these pages and look forward to communicate with you on these titles and

on Turkish-language children’s books in general. May you find as much pleasure in them as we do.

MELİKE GÜNYÜZ, Ph.D

EDITOR IN CHIEFmelike@erdemyayinlari.commelikegunyuz@gmail.com

Mimar Sinan Mah. Uncular Cad. Ekşioğlu İş Merkezi No22 D45/B 34672 Üsküdar/İstanbul/TURKEY T.+90 216 4925555 | F.+90 216 2011480 | bilgi@erdemyayinlari.com.tr | www.erdemyayinlari.com.tr

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THE MOST ORDINARY TREE OF THE FOREST

Written by: Hatice Tülin ÖzdemirIllustrated by: Büşra Kaygın

THE PRINCE OFSPRING

Written by: Melike GünyüzIllustrated by: Vaghar Aghaei

Little Feather is very curious, just like everyone else, about what the dream sellers that come to the Land of Crows are selling and thinks that they can fulfil his dreams. He wants to buy one of the many thing the Dream sellers are selling, and buys the Shah of Iran’s perfume bottle. However, the bottle isn’t full, nor does it smell good. The author focuses on increasing consumption culture towards children in today’s world, also, whilst criticizing turning ‘personal images’ into buyable goals, the writer emphasizes the importance of ones’ own effort and of imagination.The text is accompanied by collages made with materials suitable for the content, alongside exceptional pictures.

6+ Ages

21x26 cm32 PagesHard CoverFull in Color

Everyone is unique. Every child, every adult, every person is unique and one of a kind. However sometimes it takes some children longer to understand their uniqueness. This book takes on this delicate topic in the beautiful environment of a forest, in the form of a beautiful story and makes children and nature the heroes! Pitipat is an ordinary tree in the most beautiful forest in the world. While all the other plants and animals and bugs talk about their talents and features, Pitipat has nothing to say. Until one day a group of students comes to the forest and are all in awe of Pitipat. Wonder what caught their attention so much.

6+ Ages

21x26 cm24 PagesHard CoverFull in Color

Who can say “No” to the games and tales?“Stone Tales” series invites you tale with gamesIn this series, our playmates are stones, the most simple and easy to find tools in the nature.While forming pictures with stones, kids will learn some values like; act together, sharing, love, friendship, beig respectful and respect the differncies etc. Also skills like creativity, awarenes and solving problems are supported.

4+ Ages

20x20 cm24 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

STONE TALES Stone Player and Narrator: Ümit Yaşar & Elif ÖzkanPhotography by: Onur Korkmazer

1. The Lonely Pebble Story2. The Snailstone’s Story3. Pebble Games4. The Naughty Pebble’s Story5. The Namless Pebble’s Story6. The Pebble’s Song

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Keloğlan, who is a hero of Turkish tales, represents practical mind and kindness. Keloğlan, who has a map he inherited from his dad, wanders from one city to another. He notices that the people neither talk nor laugh do not talk and laugh in the Land of the Tongue-tied he happened to visit. What is the secret behind this? What is Keloğlan going to do now? Will people be able to return to their former states? This illustrated book in which the themes like freedom and social justice are exploited, is retold by Melike Günyüz.

6+ Ages

21x26 cm24 PagesHard CoverFull in ColorRights Sold: English, Arabic, German

KELOĞLAN IN THE LAND OF THE SILENT

Written by: Melike GünyüzIllustrated by: Buket Topakoğlu

Keloğlan, who is a hero of Turkish Tale, represents practical mind and kindness. Keloğlan, who has a map he inherited from his dad, wanders from one city to another. In the land at the stunned, He notices that the people fight each other. What is the secret behind this? What is Keloğlan going to do now?

6+ Ages

21x26 cm24 PagesHard CoverFull in ColorRights Sold: English, German

KELOĞLAN IN THE LAND OF THE STUNNED

Written by: Melike GünyüzIllustrated by: Buket Topakoğlu

Our good old friend from Akşehir, Nasrettin Hodja, was both very wise and witty. In his day, everyone knew that he was also very helpful and very generous.But Nasrettin Hodja had a neighbor who was as stingy as he could be also he knew about everything that came in and out of Nasreddin Hodja’s house.To put a stop to this, Hodja made a cauldron give birth and even sprinkled some flour out on a clothesline but nothing seemed to work...After all, a tiger can’t change its stripes...

6+ Ages

21x26 cm24 PagesHard CoverFull in Color

THE STORY OF NASRETTIN HODJA AND THE STINGY NEIGHBOR Written by: Melike Günyüz

Illustrated by: Ceyhun Şen

A beautiful cat named Titiz lives in a house along the Bosphorus.She has many questions in her mind about the sea and so she ventures out alone to find the answers.

6+ Ages

21x26 cm24 PagesHard CoverFull in Color

TITIZ CAT ON THE BOSPHORUS

Written by: Figen Yaman CoşarIllustrated by: Saadet Ceylan

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Little Prince Suleiman, is the loving son of Sultan Besim, who conquered new books and brought new inventions. He likes to play ball with the Sultan with bull, to go on top of his father’s lion Akide, and to make friends with his ant, who is also a self-confessed friend. In this series of 8 books, you will read each of our Little Princess adventures that process a value.

Ali is a child like the others, living at the apartmant in a metropolitan city. Living in a apartmant, unless at the holiday time for the kids it means a just calamity. When schools start up, it’s the other story. Ali create several projects to avoid borring time. And you could participe to us.

8+ Ages (8 Books)

13,5x19,5 cm32 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

9+ Ages (5 Books)

13,5x19,5 cm64 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

Written by: Figen Yaman CoşarIllustrated by: Reza Hemmatirad

Written by: Şebnem Güler KaracanIllustrated by: Merve Özdoğan

1. Little Prince and Speckled Prince2. What’s Happening to Sultan With a Ball? 3. The Ants do not Want to fly4. Did You See Fruit Monster?5. Don’t Say Me Like That!6. Is There a Bubble Festival?7. Little Prince Becoming a Inventor8. Is it Bizarre to Keep an Ant?

1. What’s Happening to Me? 2. Titillating Project 3. The Best Profession: Retirement4. Amusing February Holiday5. Temperamental Elevator

LITTLE SULTAN’S SON CHILD LIVING IN THE APARTMENT

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For kids, fantastic stories about exam stress, brother jealousy, general dental hygiene, chill, infectious diseases etc. There are several activities improving language abilities about following content at the end of books. Story Evaluation Textbook provide reading process evaluation opportunity to the teachers.

1. A For Away Country 2. My Dear Friend 3. Ballerinas with Blue Tulle 4. If I were a Seagull 5. Red Beads 6. Can You Hear Me? 7. A Bird in My Palm 8. My Rose Shoes 9. Children of the Beacon Island 10. My Dear Mother

6+ Ages (10 Books)

13,5x19,5 cm80 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

NEVER MIND Written by: Sevinç KuşoğluIllustrated by: Şafak Tavkul & Büşra Kaygın

In the deep heart of a forest, lies the Silver Lake. In the moonlight, it’s water sparkles like diamonds and silver. That’s the reason why this lovely place is called Silver Lake. The most important values for the dwellers of Silver Lake are friendship, trust and collaboration. In this series, you will enjoy the vivacious stories of the residents living around Silver Lake.

1. Temsi the Crocodile 2. The Little Star 3. Little Fipir is Seeking Friends 4. The Grasshopper Who Never Keeps Quiet 5. The Morning Exercises of Tombalak the Elephant 6. Temsi’s Boredom 7. Three Little Lions 8. You are not Skinny 9. I Know My Friend10. Peli at the Sport Fest

6+ Ages (10 Books)

15x21 cm16 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

SILVER LAKE TALES

Written by: Melike GünyüzIllustrated by: Gulnar Hajo

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Two best friends that live in the same apartment, Fikri and Fahri. Fikri produces lots of ideas, Fahri consumes lots of food. Sometimes Fikri is mischievous, Fahri is always very nosy. They’re both heroes, but not superheroes, regular heroes. If you ever need an idea or some help just call them. If they hear you they’ll try to come, if they don’t hear you they’re probably just busy with one of their crazy ideas. The fun and funny adventures of Fikri and Fahri.

8+ Ages (5 Books)

13,5x19,5 cm64 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

FİKRİ AND FAHRİ Written by: Nehir Aydın GökdumanIllustrated by: Büşra Kaygın

1. Shoes Don’t Have Feet2. International Kitty Day3. Course of Flying Aircrafts4. Disconnected From the World5. Famous Writers are on Duty

Little dragon Tyan works in the palace’s kitchen. He fires the palace’s owen with blowing the flames. Tyan was not unhappy but he has bigger dreams for itself. One day residents want king’s help when their crops are destroyed. King doesn’t have an army so he needs a hero. Accidentaly Tyan saves the residents and he becomes King’s one man army. Whenever there is a trouble in the country, everyone looks for Tyan.

8+ Ages (10 Books)

18x18 cm24 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

LITTLE DRAGON Written by: Banu YüceIllustrated by: Reza Hemmatirad

1. A Hero is Born 2. The Trap of Cunning Fox 3. Dream Carpet 4. Where are the Sheeps? 5. Lost Buckle 6. Pigeon’s Homes 7. What Happened to the Pink Monster? 8. The Best Cake 9. Babble Shamatha10. Time Travel

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The series will teach children to improve their creativity and sense of aesthetics by its visuals and linguistic skills with the help of its activity book.

Basic English Stories is an exciting and enjoyable series of stories for English learners. Covering a range of topics, both fiction and non-fiction, they are available in five different levels. Each story comes with comprehension questions at the end so the readers can make sure they fully understood the story. All stories are available on audio CD.

1. Exhibiting Love 2. Hide Out, Mandarin is Coming 3. Travel to Space 4. The Prancing Frog 5. Listen to Me Please 6. The Play of Penguins 7. The Advice of Ant 8. The Honey Party 9. Yağız’s Birthday10. The Winter Cake11. My Grandfather’s Medal12. Welcome Oya13. For My Mother14. The Wet Pathy15. Kite Festival16. Activity Book

1. Susan’s Sweet Home2. Save the Nature3. Yes or No4. Real Happiness5. The Bridge

VALUES EDUCATION SERIES

BASIC ENGLISH STORIES

6+ Ages (16 Books)

16x23 cm16 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

6+ Ages (5 Books)

15x21 cm80 pagesFull in Color

Written by: Meral Canoğlu Cantürk & Hümeyra Bektaş & Eser Ünalan Şenler

Illustrated by: Sevgi İçigen & Zeynep Yeşilmen

Written by: Kathban Evren

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Missing color story is about children who work in the street, their difficult reality and being marginalized in this world. It is also talking about their dreams that children have as a whole, and the reality is incomplete colors but dreams are colorful.

The book got the award of Sharjah Reading Festival for children in (2013) as best book for children 6-8 years.This is the story of a child who has a lot of talents such as drawing and sports. However, he only recognizes and lives his personal achievements, without sharing his work or anything he owns with his friends. For that reason, he is always in a state of loneliness that results in constant fatigue and anxiety. This is all because of his ego that has swollen to such an extent it became a heavy burden on him.This situation continues until he gets invitation by his friend he starts to experience how to share things and enjoy collective achievements. His burden gets lighter, his ego restored to its natural size and he himself light and capable of flying.

9+ Ages

30x17,5 cm48 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

9+ Ages

25x20,5 cm36 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

MISSING COLOR

A HEAVY WEIGHT

Writer and Illustrated by: Gulnar Hajo

Writer and Illustrated by: Gulnar Hajo

Wherever there’s a situation, the solution’s easy for Eda! What do you say to joining the world’s most famous detective for adventures, each more interesting than the last? The adventures never end for Eda, who always finds herself in a situation because of her curiosity. Her favourite things to do are watch detective movies and to read detective books. Oh, and to meddle in the events around her. Ah, the world would be a much better place if the adults didn’t tell her what to do all the time. Her biggest dream is to become the world’s most famous detective. So what do you say? Are you ready for an adventure with Detective Eda?

8+ Ages

13,5x19,5 cm128 PagesPaperbackFull in ColorSet of 5 books

DETECTIVE EDA Written by: Yılmaz YeşildağIllustrated by: Betül Gönüllü

1. Operation: Migrant Bird2. The Phone Thieves3. My Uncle’s New Job4. The Course Situation

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This is a funny popular tale about ancient Turks, who were nomadic people living in tents, raising sheep and horses. They were organized in small tribes.The youngest of the tribe, a very smart and brave boy, called the Little Arrow, prepares a joke for his brother who is about to go through a penalty imposed on him in accordance with the nomadic law: he has to fight with a fierce bull. The Little Arrow replaces bull with a cow. But things do not work as planned. His brother has to fight a real bull thinking that it is actually a cow.

9+ Ages

15x21 cm96 PagesPaperbackFull in ColorRight Sold: Chinese

LITTLE ARROW Written & Illustrated by: Şafak Tavkul

Way and TraceA King who desire to wipe all names off the face of the earth… He desires to erase ancient opus and its followers. Yunus ignorant of a chosen child will have to flee one night in the village. There is only a wolf and a horse with him. Who will be in this challenging battle, who will help him, how will he overcome his enemies?

Whistle and TrapThe spirit of the Healing Forest is lost... Yunus is on a far more difficult path to find him. Forest people are under the influence of a mysterious alien... Will King Abus, who is trying to open the gates of the Bad Jobs Darkness, succeed? Will Yunus and the jungle people be able to return to their homes in this challenging struggle?

Tear VampiresThis time Yunus’s heart and mind are very bemused... Princess Sema is under the threat of Tear Vampires. Will Yunus get rid of the dream that he saw in the reign of Girdkuh? Will he remember the Book of the Dolphin Names? Will the Yunus find the truth in his heart in his own struggle?

11+ Ages

12,5x21 cm208 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

LOST NAMES KINGDOM

Written by: Figen Yaman Coşar

1. How does Slothful Cow Become a Bull?

2. Kid’s Soccer3. Tailless Horse

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This book reveals the adventures of an elderly dream hunter whose name is Piyeto. Through the letters which Piyeto and Elmo wrote to each other, you will get to know The Sea of Dreams, and the exciting events that happens over there.

11+ Ages

13,5x19,5 cm112 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

THE DREAM HUNTER

Written by: Ayda Çayır

You’ve met Fikri and Fahri, who lived on Horoz Şekeri Street. Then they were 9 years old and They share funny, fun events they’ve been through. They are now 11 years old and have new adventures to share.

11+ Ages

13,5x21 cm128 PagesPaperbackFull in Color

OPINION MACHINE FİKRİ Written by: Nehir Aydın GökdumanIllustrated by: Büşra Kaygın

1. A Weird Escape Plan2. Anywhere Without Mathematics 3. 55 Kilos of Chocolate4. The Day of Unexpected Things

A giant ran away from his fairytale and met a dwarf in the Gum Forest and become friends. As nice and kind hearted as the giant is, the dwarf is just as mean and ill hearted. Using the giants’ friendship and kindness, the dwarf gets turned into a real person and runs away from the forest. When the giant goes after him, he faces things he could have never expected. Witness the incredible conflict between good and evil in story form.

10+ Ages

12,5x21 cm208 PagesPaperback

THE RUNAWAY FAIRYTALE

Written by: Nehir Aydın Gökduman

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In this book you’ll meet Asuman, the girl who’s Facebook relationship status never changes, who spends her time cleaning the house with her sister, who sits with her mother’s chicken when she’s angry and has in depth conversations with her therapist about ‘organic dumplings’. This is the story of the average girl next door who wishes she could live inside a cloud of cotton candy. Welcome to her life, and her adventures.

It seems like something happened to Asuman. Like the planets became aligned or all her wishes came true… Her life feels totally different, yet also exactly the same. New people, new places, the newest of experiences. Welcome to Asuman’s life. Your average every day neighborhood girl, but with a twist.

The love story that fills two worlds. Joseph and Zuleyha. This time, hear the story from Zuleyha’s point of view. Read about how deep her love for Joseph really was, the struggles she went through whilst trying to reach him, the pain she felt and all the injustice she faced. The centuries old epic love story, told with a modern twist, while still keeping its traditional beauty.

An unforgettable story that transforms everything from desperation to love, sadness to hope and everything in between to tangible, real life objects… A story that is so deep it leaves you wanting more when you finish. Read the way the writer has dived into a dream so far, you forget which is reality…

Humor

13,5x19,5112 pagesPaperback

Humor

13,5x19,5136 pagesPaperback

Novel

13,5x19,5144 pagesPaperback

Novel

13,5x19,5 cm120 pagesPaperback

ASUMAN: A CRAZY GIRL

ASUMAN: A PLANNED COINCIDENCE

ZULEYHA

THE DREAM DETECTIVE

Written by: Bülent Ata

Written by: Bülent Ata Written by: Zeki Bulduk

Written by: Bülent Ata

SEDİR YAYINLARI A.Ş.

Illustrated by: Büşra Kaygın

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