According to Kanoon General Directorate for Public Relations and International Affairs, next to introducing the best books of the world in its well-known catalog, White Ravens, Munich Library introduces the best poetry books from all over the world in children’s calendar for 2026.
54 pieces of poetry from various languages with the images of the mentioned book, the name of the poet and illustrator is presented in this weekly calendar. At the end of the calendar, the cover and the publisher of the book are introduced, as well.
Farsi Poetry and Turtle versed by Akram Sadat Heshemi Pour
There is a page of the only Iranian book in this calendar dedicated to the 19th week of the Christian year which is May 4 to 10, 2026.
The turtle is described this way on this page:
This much he is in love
This much he is fed up and patient
This much he carries on his shoulder
Big pieces of rocks
I believe the generation of mountains reaches the turtle!
Kanoon published “With Just One Stone” in 28 colorful pages in 2023 in 2000 copies.
Based on this, this calendar is dedicated only to poetry and each selected country can be seen only with one work on this calendar.
Munich Library tries to expand children's horizons in the field of culture all over the world.
All the income from selling this calendar is spent on the promoting the goals of Munich Library, especially for holding workshops and international exhibitions of illustrations, also plans for children poetry.
Based on this, Kanoon International Affairs, every year, sends its new books to the Farsi section of Munich Library in Germany to be preserved in this section, reviewed and introduced in White Ravens Catalogue and children calendar.
Munich International Youth Library is the largest library in the world for children and adolescents’ international literature. This library was established in 1940 by Jella Lepman. It is a well-known international center for children and adolescents’ literature.
The library officials believe that children and youth books are the fundamental part of the cultural life of a society and a country. That is why they must be preserved, documented and shared.
Promoting international-cultural exchange and cultural education are especially important in this library.
Leila Maktabi Fard is an Iranian who has been working as an expert to introduce Farsi books to White Ravens Catalogue and the yearly calendar of this library.
Leila (Roya) Maktabi Fard has studied at Tehran University and Shahid Chamran University in Ahvaz. She is the previous member of the board of education at Kharazmi University in Information and Epistemology.
She is one of the active members of Children’s Book Council who has started her official cooperation with Munich International Children Library as an expert in the Persian section since in 2017.
At present, she is working as a librarian for children books in Munich Public Library.