Forget Me Not

by Aslı Eti, Mehtap Korkmaz (Illustrator), Feyza Howell (Translator)

Coming across a dusty book in her bookcase one day, the author remembers a tale she should never have forgotten. A legend, yet not a tale of heroic deeds. One has an inauspicious eight-year-old Ida lives in a fairy-tale village encircled by glacier peaks. It is a village where crystal clear waters burst forth from underground springs; it is a village shaded by misty skies. Her entire world changes one day when she does something she shouldnt she picks a snow tulip, despite the flowers insistence that she will die away from her soil. Suddenly, the path vanishes as Ida finds herself on a journey leading to unknown. Soon a shepherd tells her the prophecy about the snow that if this unique flower is ever picked, it must be replanted back in its soil by the person who picked it in the first place or that person remains lost forever. Idas journey continues as she finds herself stepping into magical worlds shed never known, which are unlike anything shed ever imagined.

Will Ida ever find her way back home?

Forget Me Not is a magical journey of self-discovery; it is a tale about healing and affection instead of hurting. It is a story about one simple mind your true essence within, and dream on.

"Neither she, nor I have stayed as we once were. That is precisely why I had to recollect this tale.

"Dont forget, said the tulip softly, nothing happens unless you dream of it."

With dazzling use of language and boundless imagination, this beautifully written story breathes and leaves its mark on the heart and soul of anyone who crosses its path.

120 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 1, 2018

About the author

Aslı Eti is a published author of children's literature, middle grade and YA fiction. She's a storyteller committed to inspiring people in their journeys of self-discovery.

She has written multiple children’s and YA novels and story series, including Kâğıt Bebek, Unutma Beni, Dünyanın On Dört Günü, Bilgelik Okulu Çocuklarla Felsefe Serisi, and bestseller Storytel Original audio novel in children’s category, Mucizeler Şarkısı.

Aslı's upcoming publications in 2026: Gerçek Hikayeler, an original contemporary fiction story series for Okumanya platform; Küçük İnsanlar, a new novel of youth literature.

Books widely included in national school curriculums and reading lists.

Reviews

[Şölen Yücel · Rating 5 out of 5]

An epic story of a little girl and a snow tulip. When Ida yields to her ambition to pluck the snow tulip and take her home, she unknowingly becomes a victim of a curse. Her village and everything familiar to her vanishes under her feet. As she looks for a way to get back to her village, a shepherd she met a shepherd tells her the prophecy about the snow tulip: that if this unique flower is ever picked, it must be replanted back in its soil by the person who picked it in the first place or that person remains lost forever. Soon Ida and the snow tulip embarks on a journey to return to where everything has started.

Forget me not is a beautiful story for kids and grown-ups reminding us the importance of re-discovering our true essence and embrace it. It is a story that tells us, every big journey starts with a step forward and unless we keep dreaming, nothing happens to us.

I read most pages with tears of joy in my eyes. I recommend every one to get this book for their children and their inner child.