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Children’s Books with Muslim and Related Cultural Themes
Compiled by Rukhsana Khan
Contemporary Picture Books
AKTAR, Nasreen. Samira's Eid. illus. by Enebor Attard. Mantra Lingua. 2000. A simple Eid story.
ALEXANDER, Sue. Nadia the Willful. illus. by Lloyd Bloom. Dragonfly Books. 1992. A poignant story about bereavement through the eyes of a strong Arab heroine.
addasi, Maha. Illus. by Ned Gannon. The White Nights of Ramadan. Boyds Mills Press. 2008 A look at the Arab custom of Girgian during the middle nights of Ramadan.
BINT ROBERT, Na'ima. The Swirling Hijaab. illus. by Nilesh Mistry. Mantra Lingua. 2002. A little girl enjoys playing imaginatively with her mother's religious headscarf.
DIAKITE, Penda. I Lost My Tooth in Africa. illus. by Baba Wague Diakite. Scholastic. 2006 An effortless blend of parallel cultures, written by a child.
english,
Karen. Nadia’s Hands. illus. by Jonathan Weiner. Boyds Mills. 2003.
heide,
Florence Parry & Judith Heide Gilliland. The Day of Ahmed’s Secret.
illus. by Ted Lewin. HarperCollins. 1995.
heide,
Florence Parry & Judith Heide Gilliland. Sami and the Time of Troubles.
illus. by Ted Lewin. Clarion. 1992. HOFFMAN, Mary. The Color of Home. illus. by Karin Littlewood. Dial. 2002. A young boy deals with leaving his war torn homeland and coming to America.
khan,
Rukhsana. King of the Skies. illus. by Laura Fernandez & Rick Jacobsen.
Scholastic. 2001.
khan,
Rukhsana. The Roses in My Carpets. illus. by Ronald Himler. Fitzhenry &
Whiteside, 2004.
khan,
Rukhsana. Ruler of the Courtyard. illus. by Gregory R. Christie. Viking.
2003. khan, Rukhsana. Silly Chicken. illus. by Yunmee Kyong. Viking. 2005. A Pakistani girl is jealous of her mother’s pet hen.
kyuchukov,
Hristo. My Name Was Hussein. illus. Allan Eitzen. Boyds Mills. 2004.
mobin-uddin,
Asma. My Name Is Bilal. illus. by Barbara Kiwak. Boyds Mills. 2005. MOBIN-UDDIN, Asma. The Best Eid Ever. illus. by Laura Jacobsen. Boyds Mills. 2007 A story about charity and a young Pakistani-American girl who is celebrating Eid ul Adha.
munsch,
Robert & Saoussan Askar. From Far Away. illus. by Michael Martchenko.
Annick. 1995.
nye,
Naomi Shihab. Sitti’s Secrets. illus. by Nancy Carpenter. S & S. 1994.
Contemporary Novels and Short Story Collections
ABDEL-FATTAH, Randa. Does My Head Look Big in This? Orchard Books. 2007 A humorous novel about an Australian girl who starts to wear hijab.
baig,
Reshma. The Memory of Hands. Amirah. 1998.
budhos,
Marina. Ask Me No Questions. S & S. 2006. Carter, Anne Laurel. The Shepherd’s Grand-daughter, Groundwood, 2008 A poignant look at a Palestinian girl’s life under Israeli occupation.
ELLIS, Deborah, WALTERS, Eric. Bifocal. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 2007 Despite problems with Muslim characterizations, this novel provides excellent analysis of today’s political realities.
ellis,
Deborah. Mud City. Groundwood. 2003.
ellis,
Deborah. Parvana’s Journey. Groundwood. 2003.
emerick,
Yahiya. Ahmad Deen and the Jinn at Shaolin. Amirah. 1996. khan, Rukhsana, A New Life, illus. by Nasrin Khosravi, Groundwood, 2009. A young girl and her brother arrive in Canada as immigrants. khan, Rukhsana with Elisa Carbone and Uma Krishnaswami, Many Windows, illus. by Patty Gallinger, Napoleon. 2008.A collection of religious celebration stories about six kids from five different faiths.
khan,
Rukhsana. Muslim Child. illus. by Patty Gallinger, Albert Whitman. 2001.
khan,
Rukhsana. Dahling, if You Luv Me, Would You Please, Please Smile.
Stoddart. 1999. KHAN, Rukhsana, Wanting Mor. Groundwood. 2009 A novel set in post-Taliban Afghanistan, about a girl who gets abandoned by her father.
laird,
Elizabeth. Kiss the Dust. Puffin. 1994.
laird,
Elizabeth, with Sonia Nimr. A Little Piece of Ground. Macmillan. 2004.
melling,
O. R. My Blue Country. Viking. 1996.
nye,
Naomi Shihab. Habibi. S & S. 1997.
nye,
Naomi Shihab. The Space between Our Footsteps. S & S. 1998.
simpson,
Juwairiah. J. L. The Jinn in the Clock. American Trust. 1990.
simpson,
Juwairiah. J. L. A Wicked Wazir. American Trust. 1990.
temple,
Frances. The Bedouin’s Gazelle. Scholastic. 1996.
Folktales
burns,
Khephra. Mansa Musa: The Lion of Mali. Illus. by Leo Dillion & Diane
Dillon. Harcourt. 2001.
conover,
Sarah & Freda Crane, adapts. Ayat Jamila: Beautiful Signs: A Treasury of
Islamic Wisdom for Children and Parents. illus. by Valerie Wahl. EWU. 2004.
durkee,
Noura. The Animals of Paradise. illus. by Simon Trethewey. Amideast.
1996.
Johnson-Davies,
Denys. Animal Tales from the Arab World. illus. by Eda S. Ghali. Amideast.
1995.
lewin,
Ted. The Storytellers. illus. by author. HarperCollins. 1998.
tarnowska,
Wafa’, retel. The Seven Wise Princesses: A Medieval Persian Epic. Illus.
by Nilesh Mistry. Barefoot. 2000.
walker,
Barbara. Watermelons, Walnuts and the Wisdom of Allah and Other Tales of the
Hoca. illus. by Harold Berson. Texas Tech. 1991.
zeman,
Ludmila, Sindbad: From the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights. Tundra.
1999.
Nonfiction
al-gailani,
Noorah & Chris Smith. The Islamic Year: Surahs, Stories, and Celebrations.
illus. by Helen Williams. Hawthorn. 2003 BAKHT, Natasha, editor. Belonging and Banishment: Being Muslim in Canada. TSAR. 2008 A collection of essays by prominent Muslim Canadians on various contemporary issues.
beardwood,
Mary. The Children’s Encyclopedia of Arabia. Stacey International. 2002.
borrello,
Helen. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Chelsea House. 1995.
demi.
Muhammad.
S & S. 2003.
ellis,
Deborah. Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak. Groundwood.
2004.
ghazi,
Suhaib Hamid. Ramadan. illus. by Omar Rayyan. Holiday House. 1996.
hoyt-goldsmith,
Diane. Celebrating Ramadan. photos. by Lawrence Migdale. Holiday House.
2001.
islam,
Yusuf. A Is for Allah. Mountain of Light. 2000.
islam,
Yusuf. The Life of the Last Prophet. Mountain of Light. 1996.
khan,
Saniyasnain. Tell Me about Hajj. Al-Risala. 2001.
kHAn,
Saniyasnain. Tell Me about Muhammad. Al-Risala. 2001.
knight,
Khadija. Islamic Festivals. Heinemann Library. 1997.
macdonald,
Fiona. A 16th Century Mosque. Hodder Wayland. 1996.
malcolm X,
with Alex Haley. The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Penguin. 2004.
mcmane,
Fred. Hakeem Olajuwon. Chelsea House. 1997.
rumford,
James. Traveling Man. illus. by author. Houghton. 2001.
rummel,
Jack. Malcolm X. Chelsea House. 1989.
rummel,
Jack. Muhammad Ali. Chelsea House. 1988.
stamaty,
Mark Alan. Alia’s Mission: Saving the Books of Iraq. illus. by author.
Knopf. 2004. SIDDIQUI, Haroon. Being Muslim. Groundwood. 2006. An informative look at Muslim issues from a political angle.
wilkinson,
Philip. Islam. DK. 2002.
winter,
Jeanette. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq. Harcourt. 2005.
YEE, James. For God and Country: Faith and Patriotism Under Fire. Public Affairs. 2005
A memoir from the Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay wrongfully accused of
treason.
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