Jack-the-Cat’s Wildflower Game

written by Sezgi Yalin

Published in 2026 in English

Excerpts from the book, courtesy of Sezgi Yalin.

In Jack-the-Cat’s Game with Wildflowers, Jack travels around the island with his friends Q from Chicago and Bella from Cyprus learning about the wild flowers of Cyprus. Each wildflower inspires Jack and his friends for a different reason.

jack's balcony flowers

Q the botanist arrives

crown daisies and corn marigolds

‘he loves me’ and ‘he loves me not’

a tulip field in Akamas peninsula

Oh cyclamens!

Kantara Castle

Narcissus tazetta!

anemones, the wind flowers

Why so many bees?

Yes, we are different. But we still love each other

cheering for the flowers