It Starts With One
Written by Nur-El-Hudaa Jaffar
Illustrated by Irma Malik
Published by Marshall Cavendish Children
New to the neighborhood, Leyla makes new friends in an unexpected way – by helping another girl make a skipping rope out of rubber bands!
Having just moved house, Leyla is worried about not being able to find new friends. At the playground, she meets a girl who has just lost her skipping rope. Leyla offers to make her a new one out of rubber bands, but the rubber bands soon run out. What can she do next?
Join Leyla in her search as she discovers the beauty of kindness and the secret to making new friends.
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Publication Date: March 2024
Available As: Paperback
Picture Book, Age 05 or older
Community Represented: Unspecified (South Asian)
Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual
Setting: Unspecified (Western Country)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Immigrant
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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