ittle Bear: The Adventures Begin (Arabic)

by Sarah Wills Carlsson, Kathryn Wills (Illustrator), Deema Hammeed (Translator)

Overview

'ittle Bear travels the world in a Big Person's suitcase. While the Big Person works, she goes out on adventures of her own. As she travels, she experiences the wonderful things that one does when traveling (new places, exciting sights, new food, and new friends).

She also experiences a challenge that she solves through three superpowers that she has the potential for and develops within herself. These superpowers enable her to interact effectively across cultures, religions, and communities and are based on research in organizational psychology and intercultural collaboration.

This is the first book that will be followed with specific country, region, and activity books. Each subsequent book will introduce a new friend who is her guide, as well as highlights of that location, such as language, sights, food, and customs. She will experience a specific challenge with each book where she will have a chance to exercise and strengthen her superpowers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789198821130
Publisher:	Nspir AB
Publication date:	12/10/2023
Pages:	42
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)
Language:	Arabic
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sarah had a love of travel and interest in different countries and languages from her earliest years. Whether it was traversing the United States by car, or taking the train across Canada, she loved going to new places and experiencing new things. Her interest in languages, combined with engineering studies(BSEE, Northwestern University) and engineering management (MS-MS&E, Stanford University), led her to a career in the global automotive industry. Throughout her career, she has lived in Germany, Sweden, and the United States, has worked daily with more than 10 countries, and has traveled to more than 30. This interest and passion led her to be a cultural bridge in her work, and also train and develop others through her company, Nspir. In addition to her training for adults, she wanted to introduce young children to the wonders of experiencing travel and other cultures, while giving them a toolset that they could develop and work with as they grew up.

Katy Wills has had a great imagination and talent for drawing ever since she was a young child. She also has always had a tremendous sense of adventure, ready to take off to climb a mountain, guide a river, or venture to places unknown.​She and Sarah have talked for years about how fun it would be to write books about what the little bear that she gave Sarah would do if she could go off on adventures of her own, and managed to squeeze out the time to bring 'ittle Bear to life.​She has studied at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and University of Tennessee, and advanced in IT to her current role as Application Development Manager - Sales and Operations at Badger Infrastructure Systems. Throughout her career, she has loved working with her customers, suppliers, and developers around the world and has been recognized for this by her employers.​Katy is a master of managing all things, including working full-time, renovating a house, and illustrating 'ittle Bear books.

Deema has a love for animals, nature, literature and to travel and experience new horizons, no matter if it is new places, cultures, or worlds. When she can't pack her suitcase and travel, books are her gateway to adventure. Deema's love of literature led her to study Arabic literature at the University of Damascus in Syria, and then to an exciting career as a language examiner. Then, her strong passion to give children tools to explore our amazing world led her to educational studies and inspired her to start her own pre-school in Damascus. Her next step was to the United Nations, where Deema taught and then became a program leader on United Nation's TV channel. Language and culture are at the heart of everything Deema does. As her journey continued to Sweden, she has worked as an study supervisor, native language teacher, and Swedish and modern language teacher. To be able to translate and share stories with children has become one of her most enjoyable experiences. Deema is so glad to be part of the 'ittle Bear team, where there is a chance to learn new cultures and encounter exciting stories.