You Belong Book Project – April Book List
April is Arab-American History Month
We are very excited to kick off this month’s reading with our own Chief Program Officer, Kathy Jamil.
Kathy read The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil and Illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan. Watch her reading below.
Other April readings include:
- Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper read by Amira Muflahi
- Halal Hot Dogs by Susannah Aziz read by Akram Sihibly
- The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lombard read by Mohamed Albanna
Below you will find a specially curated list of early childhood books in celebration of Arab-American History Month. If you are donating to the book drive this month, we encourage you to pick a book from this list. Books with a * at the end are books that were read for this month’s You Belong Book Project Story Time.
You can learn more about the You Belong Book Project, or watch the You Belong Book Project Story Time videos here.
- Abdul’s Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- Amira’s Picture Day by Reem Faruqi
- Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes by Hena Khan
- Halal Hot Dogs by Susannah Aziz
- In My Mosque by M.O. Yuksel
- Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi
- Like the Moon Loves the Sky by Hena Khan
- Lost and Found Cat: The True Story of Kunkush’s Incredible Journey by Doug Kuntz & Amy Shrodes
- Meet Yasmin! by Saadia Faruqi
- Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
- Ten Ways to Hear Snow by Cathy Camper
- The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil
- The Drummer Girl by Hiba Masood *
- The Gift of Ramadan by Rabiah York Lumbard
- The Proudest Blue: A Story of Hijab and Family by Ibtihaj Muhammad
- Tis the Night Before Eid by Yasmin Rashidi
- Under My Hijab by Hena Khan
- Yasmin the Recycler by Saadia Faruqi
- Yo Soy Muslim by Mark Gonzales