Khan, Hena
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: "Early Friday morning, Zain leaps out of bed ready to save the world from alien invaders! But his dad has other plans for Zain on this special day of the week. Dad takes Zain to the mosque and guides him through his first jumu'ah prayers. But Zain's quest for a superhero adventure leads to supersize distractions. Can Zain rein in his powerful impulses and appreciate this special experience with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: After Zara's bike goes missing, her parents insist on her earning money to pay for it, so she and her friend Naomi turn their red wagon into The Treasure Wagon and try and sell some old knickknacks found in her family's basement.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: In this counting book, a young boy introduces some of the basic principles of Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books LLC 2022
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: Inspired by a true story, new Muslim student Aliya joins an all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team, and she learns about teamwork and herself.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 297 KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school. After her local mosque if vandalized, she is devastated. Her friend Soojin is talking about changing her name. Does Amina need to become more "American" and hide who she really is?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl guides the reader through the traditions and shapes of Islam.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in JE Concept Crates, Call number: JE KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: Illustrations and prose inspired by the Quran celebrate a mother's love and hopes for her child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: As features editor of her school newspaper, thirteen-year-old Jameela Pervaiz wants to impress her father by writing a spectacular story about the new student, but a misunderstanding and family illness complicate matters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: A Pakistani-American Muslim girl struggles to stay true to her family's vibrant culture while simultaneously blending in at school after tragedy strikes her community.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2017
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Summary: George is so excited. He is going to celebrate Ramadan with his friend Kareem! Together they sample special treats, make baskets to donate to the needy, and look for the crescent moon. Come along to celebrate this special time of year with everyone's favorite monkey in this playful tabbed board-book book of rhymes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KHA BOARDKhan, Hena
Summary: Yasmeen has a wonderful time celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan with her family and friends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KHA (Basket)Khan, Hena
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lee & Low Books 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE KHAKhan, Hena
Summary: Readers can join Curious George when he helps out at the Jackson Family Farm by lifting flaps that reveal such items as Mr. Jackson's missing milk pail, the chickens' hidden eggs, and the sun shining over the pumpkin patch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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Summary: When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2024
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Summary: Grandma wears it clasped under her chin. Aunty pins hers up with a beautiful brooch. Jenna puts it under a sun hat when she hikes. Zara styles hers to match her outfit. As a young girl observes six very different women in her life who each wear the hijab in a unique way, she also dreams of the rich possibilities of her own future, and how she will express her own personality through her hijab....
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Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Collects six Curious George tales, including the curious monkey's visit to a bookstore, a fire station, and a farm.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2019
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Summary: When Bình fights back against a bully who makes fun of his Vietnamese heritage, he expects to be cheered as the hero. He defeated the bad guy, right? Instead, it gets him a stern warning from his vice principal and worried parents. Now he's stuck on a family trip to a silent meditation retreat. That means no talking--and no video games!--for a whole weekend. Could things possibly get any worse?...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: After a car accident claims the life of his sister-in-law and leaves his 5-year-old nephew an orphan, a thirtysomething man named Thien leaves Saigon for a trip back to his rural hometown. During his meditative, wandering visit, Thien wrestles with his own agnosticism in the face of others' religious beliefs, summons memories of his long-disappeared brother, and reconnects with a former...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Summary: It is April 1975 and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC NGUSummary: Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD CRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVDSummary: Once upon a time in China: The legendary martial arts teacher Wong Fei-hung, with a band of disciples, battles a host of nefarious forces--foreign and local--who are threatening Chinese sovereignty as British and American imperialists encroach upon the Mainland.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ONC1 available in Sight & Sound Print Material, Call number: SSC DVD FOREIGN ONC
Summary: "Be with me is a tapestry of three stories woven around the themes of love, hope, tragedy and redemption. Although the main characters come from different backgrounds and lead different lives, they are bound by one common desire--to be with their loved one"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zhao Wei Films 2006