Hrab, Naseem
Summary: Heartwarming tales of friendship between a long-haired guinea pig and a naked mole rat in the spirit of Frog and Toad. In the second book in this charming series of graphic novels, three more delightful stories explore themes of friendship, grief, and belonging. These three stories dig deep, showing Otis and Peanut dealing with the death of Pearl, Peanut's sister and Otis's friend. Addressing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2024
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Summary: "Snail is a party animal. Well ... kind of. He especially appreciates the quiet things about parties, like confetti, using his indoor voice, and softly blowing out birthday candles. But parties tend to get pretty loud, and that's when Snail disappears into his shell. But not to worry! Snail still has fun at parties - it's just that from inside his shell nobody can tell he's having a good time....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2022
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Summary: After her grandfather's death, a young girl explores her Baba Bazorg's house. As the girl wanders through the house, almost idly, her Baba Bazorg's house stands in for the man himself, with each object she describes standing as a touchstone to a memory, and each memory serving as a window into the relationship between the child and her grandfather. As she looks through its rooms, the things she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Owlkids Books 2021
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Summary: ""This home is home because my dad is here, and it's nothing like home because my mom isn't here," thinks the boy in this story when he enters his dad's new apartment for the first time. His dad moved out on Monday and now it's Friday night, the start of his weekend with his dad. The boy and his dad follow their normal weekend routine -- they eat eggs for breakfast, play cards and spend time at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press 2020
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Summary: "A family has fled their homeland in search of safety in another country, carrying a single suitcase. As their journey unfolds, the oldest child reflects on the special contents of that suitcase: photo albums that evoke eleven of many names for love in Arabic. From sunshine-warm friendship to the love that dissolves all tears; from the love that makes you swoon to the love that leaves you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE ABDFranklin, Ashley
Summary: Written in the cumulative style of "The House that Jack Built," this picture book builds a rhythmic list of reasons a young Muslim boy, Kamal, loves going to his masjid on Fridays for Jumu'ah prayer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Salaam Reads 2023
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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 KHARashid, Qasim
Summary: "The debut picture book by author and human rights activist Qasim Rashid that celebrates good deeds during the month of Ramadan. It's the first day of Ramadan and Hannah wants to be a part of this important month every way she can. But if she's too young to fast, how can she observe Ramadan? By saving the world, Dada Jaan tells her. And so Hannah learns that by helping her friends and neighbors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2021