Kuwaiti/Kuwaiti American

A Pocketful of Stars

by Aisha Bushby

Age 10 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, Own Voices/Lived Experience, STEM, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Illness

The Arsonist

by Stephanie Oakes

Age 15 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Time to Pray

by Maha Addasi

Age 07 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country

Where Butterflies Fill the Sky: A Story of Immigration, Family, and Finding Home

by Zahra Marwan

Age 05 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Discrimination: Immigration Status, Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Individual, Welcoming Library: Core Picture Books (Current)