A group of Iranian children’s authors has begun rewriting masterpieces of Persian classical literature to simplify the works for publication in a collection entitled “The Iranian Sweet Stories”.

Stories from seven masterpieces of Persian classical literature have been selected for the collection, which will comprise 30 books, coordinator Hossein Fattahi said in a press release on Tuesday.

Authors Sepideh Khalili, Majid Mollamohammadi, Mohammadreza Shams, Mojgan Sheikhi, Zahra Heidari, Farhad Hassanzadeh, Mehr Mahuti and Jafar Ebrahimi are collaborating on the collection, said Fattahi, who is also rewriting a portion of the work.

See: Tehran Times

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