Taking a Look at Iran

Year of publication : 2009

Kanoon and KIT Kindermuseum have committed themselves to start up a dialogue between two groups of Iranian and Dutch children during the two and half year period while the Kindermuseum is introducing Iran to children (6-12 years old) in Amsterdam by publishing this book in Farsi, English and Dutch languages.

The Sun Watches

Year of publication : 2009

Written by: Denis Savoie

Translated by: Maryam Moosavi

The book briefly explains sun watches and various kinds of them, including tropical sun watches, horizontal sun watches, etc. and illustrates how to construct a sun watch, presenting some plans of old watches by astronomers and some modern ones by observatories and scientists through some photos and figures. This book has been published in cooperation with the Cultural Cooperation Section of the French Embassy in Iran, Iranian National Library and Documentation Organization, and the Committee of the Culture and Civilization of Iran and Islam. The sun watch is a device principally applied to how the solar time. It comprises of a platform on which some lines are engraved to determine time and an indicator which creates the position of the shade. The sun watches are affected by the geographical characteristics of the location in which it is utilized.

THE EARTH

Year of publication : 2003

The fourth in the series of books on ecology for children, “THE EARTH” was translated into Persian.

Meeting with Friends

Year of publication : 2003

This book is the 29th publication produced under the Asian/pacific Co publication Program (ACP) commemorating the UN “International Year for the Culture Centre for UNESCO with the joint efforts of 14 Member States in Asia and the Pacific region in cooperation with UNESCO. The aim of this book is to provide children with opportunities to [...]