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Arab American Heritage Month for Children and Young Adults

April is Arab American Heritage Month!

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  • Walking to her grandmother's home to help make warak enab, Lina discovers many ways to hear snow, from the scrape of a shovel on a sidewalk to the quiet pats of snowman-building.
    Book, 2020New York : Kokila, [2020] — JP SCIENCE AND NATURE
  • Homeland

    My Father Dreams of Palestine

    Moushabeck, Hannah,
    A Palestinian family celebrates the stories of their homeland in this moving autobiographical picture book debut by Hannah Moushabeck. With heartfelt illustrations by Reem Madooh, Homeland: My Father Dreams of Palestine is a love letter to home, to…
    Book, 2023San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2023] — BV J305.892 MOU
  • Where Butterflies Fill the Sky

    a Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home

    Marwan, Zahra, 1989-
    An evocative picture book that tells the true story of the author's immigration from Kuwait to the United States
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022. — j305.89 MAR
  • Eleven Words for Love

    a Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love

    Abdel-Fattah, Randa,
    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…
    Book, 2023Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2023. — JP Abdel-Fat R.
  • A boy begrudgingly composes a sometimes-rhyming adventure with his precocious little sister.
    Book, 2024New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, [2024] — JP ABED
  • Salma is going to be a big sister! She's determined to be the best sister ever, so she sets out to write the ultimate guidebook to siblinghood. But the more Salma learns about siblings, the more confused she gets, especially since her mama is…
    Book, 2023Toronto : Annick Press, 2023. — JE-SAL
  • Eleven-year-old Iraqi, Mooz, yearns to taste the bananas that have been made unavailable by warfare.
    Book, 2023New York : Holiday House, [2023] — JP NAMIR
  • Malak is a little girl who lives in Gaza with her parents. She goes to school, plays in the ocean, and visits Sitti's house on Fridays. One day while she is in school, bombings begin. She spends the next 50 days at home with her parents worrying and…
    Book, 2022Northampton, Massachusetts : Crocodile Books, an imprint of Interlink Publishing Group, Inc., 2022. — JP PEOPLE AND PLACES
  • This poignant story set in 1967 Palestine celebrates a young girl's love for the olive trees that connect her family to their land. As war forces Oraib's family to flee their refugee camp, she vows to keep alive the legacy of her beloved olive…
    Book, 2023New York : Viking Books for Young Readers, 2023. — JP PEOPLE AND PLACES
  • Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — j WARGA
  • Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she’s in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the “cool” girls in…
    Book, 2017New York : Salaam Reads, [2017] — J-KHA
  • Sadiq's father is going on a business trip, but before he goes, he tells Sadiq a story of the Desert Star, and inspires Sadiq to build a simple telescope to study the stars when his father returns.
    Book, 2019North Mankato, Minnesota : Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint, [2019] — JEF-NUURALI, S
  • Asiya's hijab is like the ocean and the sky, no line between them, saying hello with a loud wave. It's Faizah's first day of school, and her older sister Asiya's first day of hijab—made of a beautiful blue fabric. But not everyone sees hijab as…
    Book, 2019New York ; Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 2019. — JP EXPERIENCES
  • Once Upon An Eid

    Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices.

    Featuring contributions by established genre authors such as Hena Khan, Randa Abdel-Fattah and Ashley Franklin, this collection of short stories celebrates Muslim culture and the joyful holiday traditions of Eid.
    Book, 2020New York : Amulet Books, 2020. — J ONCE
  • No matter who you are or where you're from, everyone is welcome here. From grandmothers reading lines of the Quran and the imam telling stories of living as one, to meeting new friends and learning to help others, mosques are centers for friendship,…
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] — JP YUKSEL
  • Leaving Islamic school to attend "real school," 12-year-old Nimra Sharif joins the school's popular eighth grade boy band, Baraka Beats, in an attempt to fit in—even though she was taught that music isn't allowed in Islam, forcing her to make a…
    Book, 2021New York : Scholastic Press, 2021. — J-SIDDIQUI, M
  • Amira is excited because tomorrow is Eid—special clothes, treats, gifts, and a morning party await at her mosque; but she soon realizes that she is going to miss class picture day at school, something she was also looking forward to—so Amira has to…
    Book, 2021New York : Holiday House, 2021. — JP EXPERIENCES
  • Every Friday Musa's family takes turns picking out a Jummah treat which they use to try all different foods, but when it is Musa's turn he sticks to his favorite halal hot dogs to share.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Little Bee Books, [2021] — JP-AZIZ, S
  • Presents step-by-step instructions for crafts based on Arab American customs along with a brief history of why the craft is important to Arab American culture.
    Book, 2013Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2013. — J973.049 D
  • The beautiful story of diversity follows a young girl named Kanzi whose most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.
    Book, 2020Thomaston, Maine : Tilbury House Publishers, [2020] — JP EXPERIENCES