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Bologna Children's Book Fair - Dar Onboz wins an Award for Doodles
	WHERE DID MY FINGERS GO? The journey of a little girl looking for her fingers. How did she loose them? Will she find them? This book contains a finger puppet, a CD of a musical composition with the reading of the story, and a Lebanese traditional children folk song about fingers! Hardback, December 2005, 21 x 21 cm ISBN 9953-465-002 Story: Nadine R.L Touma Illustrations: Lena Merhej Music: Claude Chalhoub Click here to see some Samples

	IS THIS A PASSPORT PHOTO? A book of questions where one question leads to another and another and another. Are leaves the nose of trees? Why isn't there a ladder between earth and sky? You certainly have a list of questions or maybe contemplations that have crossed your mind or that someone has asked you. Does every question have an answer? This book contains a CD of musical compositions accompanying the reading of each question. Hardback, January 2006, 21 x 21 cm ISBN 9953-465-01-0 Questions: Nadine R.L Touma Drawings: Areej Mahmoud Music: Charbel Habre Click here to see some Samples

	THE MOON AND THE BIRD Wirwar the singing colorful bird, spends a day with his companion the full moon, riding the donkey, playing with rocks, bathing in the river. When night falls they each go to their home and become a lullaby for the baby to sleep. This book contains a mobile for you to hang in a special place, and a CD where our Wirwar has become a lullaby. Hardback, February 2006, 27 x 16 cm ISBN 9953-465-03-7 Story: Nadine R.L Touma Drawings: Lana Khayyat Music: Iman Homsi Click here to see some Samples

	DOODLES A black line stretching, a dot forming, a feeling is created, a thought is drawn, splashing weaving stories living in our imagination inhabited with doodles. We each have an imagination and each imagination has its doodles. Hardback, February 2006, 19 x 28 cm ISBN 9953-465-02-9 . Text: Nadine R.L Touma Drawings: Rena Karanouh Click here to see some Samples

	THE ALPHABET GIRLS The Arabic alphabet has become a fun game of cards where our girls dress up, pretend to be the letters of the alphabet, then go on great adventures. Can you match the action to the image? Can you match the letter to the name of our girl? You and your friends have 58 cards and all the time in the world to play this game and find out what you know or don't know about how girls become letters. Cardboard box with mix and match playing cards, April 2006, 17 x 17 cm ISBN 9953-465-04-5 Text: Nadine R.L Touma Artwork of Girls’ sets: Zeina El Khalil Click here to see some Samples

	I THINK WE WILL BE CALM DURING THE NEXT WAR In July 2006, Lebanon lived another war. In this comic book, Lena tells her war story as a contemplative diary of her dailies in a simple yet poignant way. We at Dar Onboz think it is very important to mark the July 2006 war especially in the lives of our adolescents who in their majority continue living as if it didn't happen. We hope that this book will be the beginning of a debate around war and memory. Includes a stickers sheet of what Lena drew for the displaced children. Cardboard cover, Black and white ink drawings, December 2006, 34 x 24 cm ISBN 9953-465-05-3 Text:Lena Merhej Comic strips:Lena Merhej Click here to see some Samples

	MOON With "Moon", Dar Onboz launches a series of books without words. The narrative is a visual journey where the reader becomes an active participant in the construction of her or his own narrative. "Moon" a book on the fear of the other, on embracing difference and overcoming barriers, on creating our own worlds and synergies, and maybe it is a book about love. At a time when difference is forbidden this book pushes the boundaries that our societies have accepted as norms. Plastic cover, spiral bound, black and white ink drawings, December 2006, 10.5 x 15 cm ISBN 9953-465-06-1 Concept: Areej Mahmoud Drawings: Areej Mahmoud Click here to see some Samples