TEHRAN-The children’s religious book “Linaluna” written by the Tehran-based French writer and illustrator of children’s books Claire Joubert has been translated into Turkish.

Translated by Masoumeh Aydin, the book has been published by Kowsar Publication in collaboration with the cultural attaché office of Iran in Istanbul, ISNA reported.

Containing beautiful and attractive illustrations, the book narrates a fantasy tale about the character Linaluna for children aged five to nine. It is entered on religious issues and based on divine verses.

Most of Joubert’s works are written for children in the fields of religious subjects. Teaching moral concepts to children is one of the concerns of parents as they like to teach their children good social skills and moral values. Children's books are one of the ways to convey these concepts to children. Using simple language along with pleasant pictures, such books have a strong role in raising children, especially if they are written based on the Quran and Islamic values.

Joubert was born in Paris in May 1961. Brought up in a Christian family, she converted to Islam at the age of 19 and immigrated to Iran when she got married. She has a bachelor’s degree in educational sciences.

She illustrates her stories herself. With a cursory look at her works, one can easily perceive her preoccupation with issues such as faith and religion, identity, children’s relations with their surroundings, etc. Most of her works are for primary school-age children.

She is also interested in doing research on children’s literature and philosophy for children. She writes both in Persian and French and has published some French books in Lebanon and France, but her preference is to write in Persian.

She has written about 120 works for children, which have been published by various publishers in Iran. Her works deal with axiology, ethnology, anthropology, and mythology. Ethics and trustworthiness, forgiveness, envy, selfishness, and suspicion are among the subjects of her stories.

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