The Middle East & North Africa
Turkey
The Red Apple
By Feridun Oral
The Red Apple. Feridun Oral. minedition, 2015. Originally published as Kirmizi elma in Turkish by YKY, in Istanbul, in 2008. ISBN 9888240005. 28 p. (Ages 3-5). Picture book.
Forest animals work together to pick an out-of-reach apple for a hungry rabbit in the cold of winter. Pairs well with The Mitten by Jan Brett, a well-loved winter story about collaboration between forest animals. On USBBY’s 2016 list of Outstanding International Books. [ea]