This book opens with an island far off on the horizon, over a vast expanse of water, and increasingly getting closer. The reader sees a small village, with boats along the water in front of the houses. The view becomes even more of a close up, and one house is in view. The upstairs window shows a boy receiving a large rectangular gift. He excitedly runs off with his cat to opens it, and is shocked to find another box inside. He opens that package, and thinks that he has figured out the gift - a large rabbit figurine. When he unties the bow around it, it splits in half and there is yet another package inside.
This "nesting doll" scenario continues until, at last, a small egg is in the center. It hatches into a tiny bird, and the boy and his cat are pleased with the gift.
Dogumgunu Hediyesi [Birthday Gift] by Behic Ak. Turkey: Can Cocuk, 2006. [9789753631525]
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