It is used for just 20 minutes But to decompose, it takes 200 years. Never be fooled by its figure, because If you join all the plastic straws That pollute the beaches in a single year, You can make two round trips to the Moon! And it is so harmful to the environment; That’s the reason I tell this story to all…

About the Author: Elif Yonat To?ay: Impatient—but for the love of a squirrel, she can quietly endure hours beneath a tree. Attentive—but she is so thrilled by spotting a flying fish that she can fall off the canoe. Punctual—but she can lose track of time following a hoopoe or can swim among exotic fish until her fingers and toes are wrinkled. Skilled estimator—but whenever she collects pine cones or seashells in distant lands, her bag will never close. She loves Asian elephants, African penguins and seahorses—and has come face to face with three seahorses in a single day! She doesn’t have any bad habits except for eating potato chips occasionally. She just goes about her life, inconspicuously…

About the Illustrator: Gamze Seret: She loves to write and draw books for children in the new world they have established together by making friends with pencils and colours. Her favourite thing is to watch the stars. Her biggest dream is to build a tower from the books she produces and to be closer to the stars with her two cats every day. Here you hold one of the books she produced to build that tower.