The Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story
10 best books like The Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story (Hena Khan): We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, Wonder Bear, Saffron Ice Cream, The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust, Boycott Blues: How Rosa Parks Inspired a Nation, Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace, Princess Hair, Thanking the Moon: Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, Bird, My Abuelita
We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga
| Author | Traci Sorell |
| ISBN | 1632896338 |
The word otsaliheliga (oh-jah-LEE-hay-lee-gah) is used by members of the Cherokee Nation to express gratitude. Beginning in the fall with the new year and ending in summer, follow a full Cherokee year of celebrations...
| Author | Tao Nyeu |
| ISBN | 0803733283 |
| Author | Rashin Kheiriyeh |
| ISBN | 1338150529 |
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust
| Author | Karen Gray Ruelle |
| ISBN | 0823421597 |
Few Parisians were willing to risk their own lives to help. Yet during that perilous time, many Jews found refuge in an unlikely place--the sprawling complex of the Grand Mosque of Paris. Not just a place of worship but...
| Author | Andrea Davis Pinkney |
| ISBN | 0060821183 |
This story is all for true.
This story walks. And walks. And walks.
To the blues.
Rosa Parks took a stand by keeping her seat on the bus. When she was arrested for it, her supporters protested by refusing to ride. Soon a community of thousands was coming...
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace
| Author | Jen Cullerton Johnson |
| Author | Sharee Miller |
| ISBN | 1500778109 |
This picture book celebrates that while "All princesses wear crowns", their hair is not the same. With simple, bright pcitures, a wide variety of African-American hair styles are discussed. Using a mix of consonance and assonance, there are descriptions of...
| Author | Grace Lin |
| ISBN | 0375861017 |
Each member of the family lends a hand as they prepare a moonlit picnic with mooncakes, pomelos, cups of tea, and colorful lanterns. And everyone sends thanks and a secret...
| Author | Zetta Elliott |
As Bird struggles to understand the death of his beloved grandfather and his older brother's drug addiction, he escapes into his...
| Author | Tony Johnston |
| ISBN | 0152163301 |
Abuelita’s hair is the color of salt. Her face is as crinkled as a dried chile. She booms out words as wild as blossoms blooming. She stuffs her carcacha—her jalopy—with all the things she needs: a plumed snake, a castle, a skeleton, and more....
| Author | Kelly Cunnane |
| ISBN | 0375870342 |
| Author | Demi |
| ISBN | 0689852649 |
is
the messenger of Islam.
Born in Mecca in the year 570, Muhammad grew into a sensitive and thoughtful man who believed deeply in the worship of one true god.
In his fortieth year, Muhammad experienced a revelation from the angel Gabriel that he, Muhammad, was the messenger...
| Author | Rukhsana Khan |
| ISBN | 1600606598 |
In two fierce battles,...
| Author | Nicola I. Campbell |
| ISBN | 0888998570 |
A New Year's Reunion
| Author | Yu Li-Qiong |
| ISBN | 0763658812 |
Little Maomao's father works in faraway places and comes home just once a year, for Chinese New Year. At first Maomao barely recognizes him, but before long the family is happily making sticky rice balls, listening to firecrackers,...
| Author | Naomi Shihab Nye |
| ISBN | 0689817061 |
Mona’s grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small Palestinian village on the other side of the earth. Once, Mona went to visit her.
The couldn’t speak each other’s language, so they made up their own. They learned...
| Author | Pat Mora |
| ISBN | 1600602584 |
| Author | Katie Smith Milway |
| ISBN | 1554534887 |
When María's father must leave home to find work, she is left in charge of their garden....
Green Pants
| Author | Kenneth Kraegel |
| ISBN | 0763688401 |
Jameson only ever wears green pants. When he wears green pants, he can do anything. But if he wants to be in his cousin's wedding, he's going...
Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from Pakistan: Two Stories of Bravery
| Author | Jeanette Winter |
| ISBN | 1481422952 |
Meet two brave young heroes of Pakistan who stood up for the right to...
Yo Soy Muslim: A Father's Letter to His Daughter
| Author | Mark Gonzales |
| ISBN | 1481489364 |
From Muslim and Latino poet Mark Gonzales comes a touching and lyrical picture book about a parent who encourages their child to find joy and pride in all aspects of their multicultural identity.
Dear little one,
…know...
The Sweetest Sound
| Author | Sherri Winston |
For ten-year-old Cadence Jolly, birthdays are a constant reminder of all that has changed since her mother skipped town with dreams of becoming a star. Cadence inherited that musical soul, she can't deny it, but otherwise she couldn't be more...
Under the Ramadan Moon
| Author | Sylvia Whitman |
| ISBN | 0807583049 |
Genre: Picture book
Format: Book
Plot summary: This picture book describes the celebrations of a modern Muslim American family during the month of Ramadan. Like similar books, the moon plays an important role with the phrase “under the...
Ramadan Moon
| Author | Na'ima B. Robert |
| ISBN | 1845079221 |