They ate yummy fresh tarhana soup!

..Hacivat and Karagoz saw a cute little village. They were hungry. During the famine everybody in the village had only enough food for their family, and none to spare. Hacivat and Karagoz came up with a plan. After their visit the villagers learned that sharing food with friends could bring great blessings ...

Berdan Mardinly likes to collect old stories and folktales.
She wanted the book to help children learn to read in both English and Turkish.

Berdan drew the illustrations and her young daughter Alara helped by adding color to them.

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"I really congratulate you once again for your book. It is a great job. My greater congratulations is for the illustrations."
– Bilgin Adali – Children stories Author, Advertising Writer, Documentaries Scenarist , TV Producer

"I and my daughter read the story. We love it. I hope soon we will try to cook "Tarhana Soup" with your recipe."
Esin Darici - San Francisco Bay area

" My son loved Karagoz and Hacivat in the story. He eats the Tarhana Soup with appetite after this book."
Betul Delibalta - San Francisco Bay Area

"Wonderful book! Thanks!" – Alex Deluca - member of kids band