Papuduk Book Series
Sabancı Foundation Board of Trustees Member Serra Sabancı would listen to the stories of Rabbit Papuduk from her grandmother as a young child. These stories were later written by Tolga Öztorun, a Sabancı Foundation Changemaker, and Lider Hepgenç, a creative drama tutor, and illustrated by Ece Zeber. After being reviewed by Prof. Feyza Çorapçı, the stories were published to reach children across Türkiye through Tekir Publishing House. You can find audio versions of all the books, read by actress Eda Ece, on the Sabancı Foundation website.
The Papuduk book series, initially published for children between the ages of 7 and 9 to help raise an animal- and nature-friendly generation, has now expanded to reach children aged 4 and above with the release of the preschool activity books titled “Papuduk and Love of Nature” and “Papuduk and Animal Rights.”
The Papuduk Kids Books Practical Guide for Educators, published in 2023 for teachers and other adults working with children, was disseminated in collaboration with the Teachers Network starting in April 2024. The workshops organized by Papuduk and the Content Development Community reached 153 teachers.
In 2024, a total of 32 workshops were held as part of dissemination activities. Additionally, 448 children were reached through pilot studies conducted at different educational facilities in eight provinces in collaboration with the Education Volunteers Foundation of Türkiye (TEGV). Workshops continued through intensive collaborations with Changemakers, grant institutions, permanent works, municipalities, and other NGOs.
The Turkish Association of the Deaf (TİED), supported with grants by Sabancı Foundation, worked to transform Papuduk environmental books into videos for deaf children and add them to the digital application developed as part of the grant program.
Click to see the Papuduk book series, the Practical Guide for Educators, and the audio versions of the Papuduk books for visually impaired children: www.sabancivakfi.org/en/social-change/papuduk
