BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Zahara’s Muslim family is celebrating the month of Ramadan. While Zahara and her mother are packing up clothing to give to a shelter, she loses her favorite teddy bear. During this wonderful month of blessings, she wishes a prayer to find her teddy bear and have a sister. Zahara enjoys going to the shelter full of displaced people. She becomes friends with a younger girl named Haleema who has lost her home and family. Zahara wishes that she had her lost teddy bear to give to Haleema. On Eid Al-Fitr, the last day of Ramadan, Zahara gets a wonderful surprise!
Shamsi and Mirza have created a wonderful way to teach children about Ramadan and also teach that other people may have a different belief than themselves, but we all have many of the same hopes and dreams. It also teaches children how important it is to serve others. This book is amplified by beautiful artwork and middle eastern motifs that work well with the endearing story.
Reviewer: PGPowers
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