Egyptian/Egyptian American
A Season for Building Houses
Age 12 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Anthology, Genre: Poetry, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Refugee: War/Conflict, Setting: Refugee Camp
Amina’s Song
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Accolades & Awards: Youth Media Awards, Cross-Group Friendship, Engagement Tool: I'm Your Neighbor Books Created, Engagement Tool: Video, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Immigrant: Education, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country
Children of the Wind (Daughters of the Lamp #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country
Daughters of the Lamp (Daughters of the Lamp #1)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Extended, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Community
Egyptian Lullaby
Age 04 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Huda F Are You? (Huda F #1)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Humor, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Huda F Cares? (Huda F #2)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Format: Graphic Novel, Genre: Humor, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Huda F Wants to Know? (Huda F #3)
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Coming of Age, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 1st, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
I Was Their American Dream
Age 14 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Landing in Place: A Graphic Novel
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Extended, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Middle School Mischief (The Magical Reality of Nadia #2)
Age 08 or older
Themes: Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Mr. Muffins: Defender of the Stars
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Animals, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Graphic Novel, Generation: 1st, Genre: Action Adventure, Genre: Humor, Genre: Science Fiction, Religious Background: Muslim
Our Stories Carried Us Here
Age 12 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Citizenship, Discrimination: Cultural, Engagement Tool: Video, Format: Graphic Novel, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Immigrant: Reunion of Family, Immigrant: Undocumented
Ramadan for Everyone: A Muslim Community Story
Age 06 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Religious Background: Muslim
Ramadan on Rahma Road: A Recipe Storybook
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Multilingual Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community
See Where We Come From!
Age 04 or older
Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Identity: Multiracial, LGBTQIA+
The Arabic Quilt
Age 06 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Cultural, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)
The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East
Age 08 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Anthology, Genre: Poetry
The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale
Age 07 or older
Themes: Activism, Community Action, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual
The Magical Reality of Nadia
Age 08 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience
The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story
Age 04 or older
Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Own Voices/Lived Experience
Zamzam
Age 05 or older
Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Multiracial, Multilingual: Arabic Featured Words, Own Voices/Lived Experience