Please welcome my guest author today, Saadia Faruqi. Her new early chapter book series is Meet Yasmin! Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Hatem Aly This is a delightful #OwnVoices series with a strong girl character. Yasmin is a second-grader Pakistani American with a multigenerational family. Her adventures reflect her enthusiastic nature and loving family. I…
I’m thrilled today to do a very special cover reveal for Saadia Faruqi’s debut children’s book series, Yasmin. Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Hatem Aly Yasmin Ahmad is a spirited second-grader who’s always on the lookout for those “aha” moments to help her solve life’s little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she…
Join us for a special month of celebration at Multicultural Children’s Book Day where we will be focusing on the Muslim holiday of Ramadan June 5th-July 5th 2016 as a way to bring awareness and understanding about our Muslim neighbors via the pages of children’s literature. 30 Days of Ramadan: Understanding Our Friends is a celebration of children’s…
We are celebrating Ramadan over at Multicultural Children’s Book Day for the month of June. This is my contribution. Join us at our blog with guest posts from authors on how they are celebrating Ramadan, and book giveaways. I wanted to make a list of Ramadan books to learn more about this holiday. Here’s what I learned…
When a country is at war, it’s easy to get a distorted view of the “enemy”. The media also plays a role in showing a certain point of view meant to stir the populace into support of their government backing the war effort. But this kind of distortion trickles down to oversimplifying things to a black and…
When I read an action adventure fantasy that has time travel, it’s easy to believe that it’s just a made up story. Sure, Hatshepsut is a real person but she’s from so long ago that she seems like a mythical person. Until I ran into her at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts… And so I have…
Please welcome my guest poster today, author Elsa Marston who is my resident Middle Eastern Children’s literature go to! She has a list of recommended books for kids and teens at the bottom of the post. ———— Lately we’ve been reading about terrorist actions by Muslims in Europe and other places, events that have again…
I was thrilled to meet Barbara Petzen of the Middle East Outreach Council at the National Council for the Social Studies meeting. The Middle East Outreach Council just announced their award for best children’s and young adult books! Established in 1999, the Middle East Book Award recognizes quality books for children and young adults that contribute meaningfully…
Please welcome my guest blogger, author Elsa Marston who has a wonderful book list for children about the Arab World including picture books, advanced picture books, chapter books, a graphic novel and young adult books. How can we Americans hope ever to understand the Middle East? Not very easily, I’m afraid, it’s complicated. But we can gain appreciation…