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Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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"In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl guides the reader through the traditions and shapes of Islam"--Provided by publisher.
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Summer Reading Committee's Recommended Reads
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
Summer Reading Committee's Recommended Reads
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Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
6) Grounded
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Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.
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"A collection of four more stories featuring Yasmin! Whether she's braving the goalie net for the first time on the soccer field, trouble-shooting a plant problem in the garden with her family, tackling a tricky writing assignment, or managing a disagreement with her friends, Yasmin is always thinking outside the box to come up with creative solutions. Yasmin can do it!"--From the publisher's web site.
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Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam.
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Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.
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Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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Now that she is ten, Lailah is delighted that she can fast during the month of Ramadan like her family and her friends in Abu Dhabi, but finding a way to explain to her teacher and classmates in Atlanta is a challenge until she gets some good advice from the librarian, Mrs. Scrabble.
13) Amina's song
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Feeling pulled between two cultures after a month with family in Pakistan, Amina shares her experiences with Wisconsin classmates through a class assignment and a songwriting project with new student Nico.-- Provided by Publisher.
14) The night diary
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Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
15) Mommy's khimar
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Black History Month
Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
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Books for Discussing Diversity and Difference with Young Children
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"A young Muslim girl puts on a head scarf and not only feels closer to her mother, she also imagines herself as a queen, the sun, a superhero, and more." -- (Source of summary not specified)
16) Rabia's Eid
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Rabia tries fasting for the first time on Eid al-Fitr, the last day of Ramadan.
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"A moving picture book highlighting a young Muslim boy's efforts to rediscover his family's history in the World Wars. Muhammad wants to take part in his school's assembly to honor veterans, but no one in his community, let alone his family, has been involved in the World Wars . . . have they? After discussions with his family and elders at his mosque, Muhammad starts to piece together his family's lost history, and realizes that you don't need a...
18) Under my hijab
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Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different way, she considers how to express her own style one day.
20) Time to pray
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Arab American Heritage Month for Young People
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
Diverse Books - Near East/Levant/Arabian Peninsula Picture Books
Diverse Books-Muslim Children and Families
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When young Yasmin goes for a visit, her grandmother teaches her a Muslim's daily prayers, makes special prayer clothes, and gives a gift that will help Yasmin remember when to pray. Includes facts about prayer customs.
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