The Ant Rebellion
By (Author) Toprak Ik
Illustrated by Sedat Girgin
Translated by Alvin Parmar
Oratia Media
Oratia Books
14th October 2025
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Paperback
100
Width 148mm, Height 210mm, Spine 10mm
400g
The first English translation of a leading Turkish author,The Ant Rebellionis a tour de force of a junior novel that has sold over 30,000 copies in Turkey.
Ants are famous for their hard work, but some ants prefer exploiting others rather than doing it themselves. One day these ant slavers start to take away the children of the ant farmers to work for them but they did not count on the spirit of resistance from the farmers.
The Ant Rebellionis a universal allegory about freedom, resistance and change. The book features illustrations by renowned artist Sedat Girgin.
ToprakIkis a prolific, award-winning writer of books for children (fiction and non-fiction) as well as for theatre and academic audiences. An engineer by profession, he makes science easy to understand for readers of all ages. Toprak lives with his wife in Istanbul, Turkey; seehttps://toprakisik.com.
Sedat Girginis an artist who has illustrated more than 90 books and received numerous awards including a nomination for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. He lives and works in Istanbul; seehttps://sedatgirgin.com.
Alvin Parmaris a UK-based translator/editor working in Turkish, English, French, German and Georgian. He has translated 15 books from Turkish to English.