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Reviewing Children & YA Islamic Fiction, Books by Muslim Authors, & Books Featuring Muslim Characters
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Let’s Visit The Three Sacred Mosques: Pop-up Collection Masjid al-Haram Masjid, al-Nabawi Masjid, al-Aqsa by Sara Khan illustrated by Ali Lodge
This gorgeous boxed set is sold as a unit, so I will review all three of these 20 page, thick 8 x 8 board books with two pop up spreads in each, in one post. Each book features Huraira, a little gray cat, taking our littlest Muslims in to Masjid al-Haram, Masjid al-Nabawi, and Masjid al-Aqsa. The factual beautifully illustrated books share basic details and information about each location, often breaking the fourth wall to keep the reader engaged. The backmatter of all three features a spread with key facts, a “Check your knowledge” quiz, with answers, and finally a…
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The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui
This 336 page adult gothic horror book frustrated me. When I got stuck reading the electronic arc, I waited until publication and checked out the physical copy, when I got stuck reading that I switched to an audio version. It had so much positioning and build up and details that I really was hoping I’d be rewarded with some fantastical imagining and historical fan fic bringing to life a period of history among real notable writers and a mysterious summer they spent together in 1816. Told from a “Mohammedan” house maid, Mehrunissa Begam’s experience working for the Shelleys, shows us…
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Counting Up the Olive Tree: A Palestine Number Book by Golbarg Bashi illustrated by Nabi H. Ali
I love the idea of this book: kids saving a tree by working together, set in Palestine and calling for freedom, homage to “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom,” the girls’ soccer/football team providing reinforcements, but alas the words are muddled, the rhyme painfully forced, and the counting of players in positions, a little awkward. I think the point is fun with numbers, but a little plot of why the woodcutter is called to cut the tree, or who hired him, and thus why he feels the burden of apologizing, would have really gone a long way to make the book cohesive.…
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