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Planet Omar volume 2
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"Omar and his friends team up to raise money to save his family's favorite mosque, and when the money goes missing, they find the most unlikely culprit."--
2) Grounded
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Told in alternating points of view, at Hurston Airport, four unlikely kids' lives are changed forever when their flight is grounded by weather following a Muslim convention.
3) Amina's song
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Arab American Heritage Month (WPLD)
Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Muslim Faith & Culture - picture books and more for kids
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Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
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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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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Arab American Heritage Month
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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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Arab American Heritage Month (SCPL-YS)
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Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
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"From a crescent moon to a square garden to an octagonal fountain, this breathtaking picture book celebrates the shapes--and traditions--of the Muslim world" -- Page [4] of cover.
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AANHPI Authors: Youth Chapter Books & Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
AANHPI Grade School
All The Feels (WPL-Youth)
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All The Feels (WPL-Youth)
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"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"--
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Arab American Heritage Month
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Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school. Grades K-3. 2019.
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Arab American Heritage Month (Youth)
Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
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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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2023 Monarch Award Nominees
AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Arab American Heritage 2024
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Arab American Heritage 2024
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Amira is excited because tomorrow is Eid with special clothes, treats, gifts, and a morning party at her mosque; but then she realizes that she is going to miss class picture day at school, something she was also looking forward to--so Amira has to figure out a way to be in two places at once.
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Planet Omar volume 1
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English
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Welcome, readers, to the imaginative brain of Omar! You might not know me yet, but once you open the pages of this book you'll laugh so hard that snot will come out of your nose (plus you might meet a dragon and a zombie - what more could you want?). My parents decided it would be a good idea to move house AND move me to a new school at the same time. As if I didn't have a hard enough time staying out of trouble at home, now I've also got to try and...
12) Abdul's story
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Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
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Arab American Heritage Month Kids 2023
Jewish American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
Jewish American Heritage Month: Kids (May 2023)
Muslim American Heritage Month (kids)
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"Yaffa and Fatima live on neighboring date farms. When very little rain leads to a poor harvest, both women go to extra measures to make sure that their neighbor doesn't go hungry"--
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"Ever since her family moved to Texas from Pakistan when she was a baby, seventeen-year-old Zara Hossain has only ever called Corpus Christi home. Being the only Muslim girl at her conservative Catholic school, blending in isn't really an option, especially with people like Tyler Benson always tormenting her. But one day Tyler takes thing too far by defacing Zara's locker with a racist message, which gets him suspended. As an act of revenge, Tyler...
16) Sister friend
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Ameena feels invisible. Ever since she arrived at her new school, kids look at her like she's something strange. Is it because of the twists in her hair or her brown skin? Then, one day, there's a new new girl in class. Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can't seem to find the right words--until one day, when the girls find the words together.
18) Rabia's Eid
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Rabia tries fasting for the first time on Eid al-Fitr, the last day of Ramadan.
19) Barakah Beats
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"It's Nimra Sharif's first time going to public school. Nimra's nervous, but as long as she has her best friend, Jenna, by her side, she figures she can take on just about anything. Unfortunately, middle school is hard. The teachers are mean, the schedule is confusing, and Jenna starts giving hijab-wearing Nimra the cold shoulder around the other kids. Desperate to fit in and save her friendship with Jenna, Nimra accepts an unlikely invitation to...
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2023-2024 4th/5th Grade Battle of Books
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
OBD September 11th - YOUTH
Remembering September 11
OBD Historical Fiction - YOUTH
OBD September 11th - YOUTH
Remembering September 11
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Relates how the lives of four children living in different parts of the country intersect and are affected by the events of September 11, 2001.