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The old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child” rings true in this autobiographical novel. Houshang Moradi Kermani grew up in the village of Sirch to become Iran’s eminent author of fiction for children and young adults. These are the many true events of his life that became the inspiration for his books, several of which have been made into television serials and feature films. With a mother who died in his infancy and a father who suffers from a mental illness, young Hooshoo is raised by his grandmother, Nanehbaba, and his grandfather, Aghbaba.

Stillness in a Storm by Saied Ramezani is a unique collection of contemporary Persian poetry that follows classic Persian style and is translated into English. This short collection contains both the Persian and English versions of each poem, recited to background music provided by Smartsound. Both renditions of each poem are performed to the same music to provide a mirror reflection of the work in each language.