Thursday, October 29, 2020

The Arabic Quilt : An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan - ADVISABLE

The Arabic Quilt : An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil, illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan,
PICTURE BOOK Tilbury House, 2020. $18. 9780884487548 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE 

Kanzi's family is from Egypt, they speak both English and Arabic, when they were in Egypt, Kanzi's grandmother made her a beautiful quilt. Now they are back in the United States and Kanzi is starting 3rd grade at a new school. While she embraces her culture at home, Kanzi is worried about fitting in at school - does she have the right things in her lunch, what will the other kids think, will they accept Kenzi and her culture? So, when Kenzi brings the special quilt to school her teacher is inspired to make a class quilt featuring all the kids' names written in Arabic, and Kenzi's mom comes to help. 

Such a nice way to celebrate the diversity of your classroom and honor the uniqueness of our bilingual/multicultural students. Includes a glossary of Arabic words and other English words derived from Arabic.

Lisa Librarian

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