Elementary

March 10, 2022

The Grand Mosque of Paris: a Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews during the Holocaust, Karen Gray Ruelle and Deborah Durland DeSaix

Illustrated story from the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War II, when Jews and their families found refuge in the Grand Mosque of Paris complex, where they were protected along with escaped prisoners of war and other groups under persecution or pursuit, including children

March 10, 2022

My Beautiful Birds, Suzanne Del Rizzo

Picture book for ages 6 and up about the Syrian civil war and the refugee families that resulted. A much-awarded book with author/illustrator images of great beauty featuring a boy’s attachment to the birds of his memory and his healing process toward hope.

March 10, 2022

Let’s Celebrate Ramadan & Eid! (Muslim Festival of Fasting & Sweets) (Maya & Neel’s India Adventure Series, Book 4), Ajanta Chakraborty, Vivek Kumar (authors)

March 10, 2022

Ibtihaj Muhammad (Big Buddy Olympic Biographies), Katie Lajiness (author)

Children’s books with an Islamic theme

A Party in Ramadan, Asma Mobin-Uddin

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors, Hena Khan (author), Mehrdokht Amini (illustrator)

Rashad’s Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr, Lisa Bullard (author), Holly Conger (illustrator)

It’s Ramadan, Curious George Board Book, H. A. Rey and Hena Khan (authors)

Let’s Celebrate Ramadan & Eid! (Muslim Festival of Fasting & Sweets) (Maya & Neel’s India Adventure Series, Book 4), Ajanta Chakraborty, Vivek Kumar (authors)

Zucker, Jonny. Fasting and Dates: A Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr Story, Barron’s Educational Series, Incorporated, 2004

Winter, Jeanette. The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq. illus. by author. Harcourt. 2005.

Tomljanovic, Tatiana. Ramadan. Weigl Publishers, Incorporated, 2006.

Titles, Streaming & Lesson Links to UPF Films

Barnard, Bryn, The Genius of Islam: How Muslims Made the Modern World, Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2013

Wilkinson, Philip. Islam. DK. 2002.

Shahrukh Husain. What Do We Know About Islam? New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1996.

Spanish Pronto list of words from Arabic in Spanish

SABA (South Asia Book Award)

Rummel, Jack. Muhammad Ali. Chelsea House. 1988.