Kiddish

By Ali Akkız and Tenere

The work of collecting children's dialogue that I started in 2013 has come to this day. Approximately 1,200 interesting, cute, sometimes funny, sometimes sad, instructive, imaginative and amusing children's dialogues have been compiled. They have been made into a book for wider sharing. They may be a source of inspiration for some future works. They can be presented in movies, cartoons, or in children's stories and novels. They may provide the basis for the collection of more children's dialogues and creation of a new and wider space.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Crab Publishing
• Release date: Nov 9, 2020
• ISBN: 9781005989262

Ali Akkız

He was born in 1970 in Mersin, Turkey. He finished primary school in his village. He studied secondary school and high school in Alaşehir, and completed the last year of high school in Mersin. The reason for choosing Çukurova University, Faculty of Economics was that the medium language was English. As soon as he graduated, he worked as an "English and Economics" teacher in Bashkortostan. He compiled the 9 years he spent in Bashkortostan in "Kayıp Hilalin Peşinde-In Pursuit of the Lost Crescent". Between 2003-2013, he held various administrative positions in New Delhi, India. He compiled these 10 years in the book "Hindistan Kendini Yavaştan Sevdirir - India Lets You Love Her Slowly". He has been compiling the memories he lived during his administrative duties in Tanzania, where he lived for the last seven years, under the name of "Tanzania Notes". He has three lovely children, one European (Russia), the other Asian (India) and the last African (Tanzania). He likes history, literature and writing. He is ready to go anywhere in the world with his beloved wife. He categorizes the countries into two: "Fig grown countries and others".*1970’te Mersin’de dünyaya geldi. İlkokulu köyünde bitirdi. Ortaokul ve liseyi Alaşehir’de okudu, lise son sınıfı Mersin’de tamamladı. Çukurova Üniversitesi İktisat fakültesini tercih sebebi, eğitimin İngilizce olmasıydı. Mezun olur olmaz Başkurdistan’da “İngilizce ve Ekonomi” öğretmeni olarak görev yaptı. Başkurdistan’da geçirdiği 9 yılı “Kayıp Hilalin Peşinde” adlı eserde derledi. 2003-2013 yılları arasında Hindistan Yeni Delhi’de çeşitli idari görevlerde bulundu. Bu 10 yılı “Hindistan Kendini Yavaştan Sevdirir” adlı kitapta derledi. Son yedi yıldır yaşadığı Tanzanya’da idari görevleri esnasında yaşadığı hatıraları “Tanzanya Notları” adı altında derlemekte. Biri Avrupalı (Rusya), diğeri Asyalı (Hindistan) ve sonuncusu Afrikalı (Tanzanya) olmak üzere üç sevimli çocuk babası. Tarihi, edebiyatı, yazmayı sever. Sevgili eşiyle dünyanın her yerine gitmeye razı. Ülkeleri “İncir yetişen ve yetişmeyen” diye iki kategoriye ayırır.

Book preview

PREFACE

Have you ever wondered how old parents are? Aren’t they only as old as a child, since they became a parent once they had a child?

Have you ever wondered how a child can imagine buying anything once they grow up including Burak, the horse like creature that took the Holy Prophet from Jerusalem to Makkah, in a blink of an eye?

Little children have imaginations that can run wild and bring about an abundance of innocent humor.

I remember when my children were little and went through the cutest phase of asking questions, innocent on their part, but which I used to find quite amusing. I don't know how the years passed but sometimes I reminisce on those wholesome days. Children have curious minds and sometimes they see the world in quite a literal way. Those moments pass by so quickly so what better way to memorialize them than to capture those moments by recording them.

I was honoured to have been asked by Ali Akkız to write the preface to Kiddish. I recall when I met him a few years ago he showed me his collection of jokes and spoke with so much enthusiasm and passion about it. He rightly believes that humour is important in life and good for health. As someone once said, ‘Life is so much easier with a sense of humour." Maybe this explains why children are so at ease and contented.

‘Kiddish’ captures the innocence of children and their understanding of how the world works around them. Children ask and answer some of their own questions bringing in humor without even realizing. It is so natural to them. A lot of times, these thought processes aren’t recorded and are lost. The author has done a great job of compiling light-hearted innocent jokes from children of all ages.

Enjoy this collection that focuses on what is central to children’s lives and encourages their curiosity. This book can be read by children and adults alike, and it’s a great way to stay connected and see the world through a child’s eyes.

Ask a child about life and learn from them…

Nahida Esmail

Tanzania, October 2020

INTRODUCTION

Many have heard of the story of the Naked King: Two crooks present themselves as tailors to a king to earn money. They claim to be the most world class expert tailors able to stitch a dress for the king that no one has ever seen or known. The king gives them advance payment and asks them to get the dress ready for next feast day around the corner.

The dishonest tailors pretend to sew the dress; when in fact there is nothing of that kind. They also pretend to fit the unseen dress on the king, who, in order to avoid looking stupid, acts as if he is wearing a dress. His ministers don’t want to admit that they cannot see the ‘clothes’. They don’t want to look stupid.