Muslim/Muslim American

Tagging Freedom

by Rhonda Roumani

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Allyship, Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Tahira in Bloom

by Farah Heron

Age 14 or older

Themes: Arts, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Siblings, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Take It Back

by Kia Abdullah

Themes:

Ten Things I Hate About Me

by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Age 12 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Gender Roles, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

The Arabic Quilt

by Aya Khalil

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 Aurantium Tree

by Samar Khuder

Age 04 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community

The Best Eid Ever

by Asma Mobin-Uddin

Age 07 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim
The Blue Wings

The Blue Wings

by Jef Aerts

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Dating, Family Relationship: Siblings, Religious Background: Muslim

The Bone Sparrow

by Zana Fraillon

Age 09 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Detention & Deportation, Loss of Childhood, Refugee: Undocumented, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim

The Day of the Pelican

by Katherine Paterson

Age 09 or older

Themes: Discrimination: Religious, Format: Audiobook, Refugee Journey, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim

The Garden of My Imaan

by Farhana Zia

Age 08 or older

Themes: Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Cross-Group Friendship, Identity: Multiracial, Religious Background: Muslim

The Gift of Ramadan

by Rabiah York Lumbard

Age 03 or older

Themes: Celebrations: Ramadan & Eid, Religious Background: Muslim

The Girl Who Stitched the Stars

by Shereen Malherbe

Age 04 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Muslim

The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale

by Aya Khalil

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 Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship

by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Welcoming by School

The Loophole

by Naz Kutub

Age 13 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Gender and Sexual, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences: Dating, Genre: Fantasy & Folklore, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Welcoming by Individual

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

by Sabina Khan

Age 15 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Setting: Home Country

The Love Match

by Priyanka Taslim

Age 12 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Arts, Community Action, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Genre: Romance, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

The Masjid Kamal Loves

by Ashley Franklin

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community

The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story

by Aya Khalil

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

The Proudest Blue

by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Age 04 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Welcoming by Community

The White Zone

by Carolyn Marsden

Age 09 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Discrimination: Religious, Loss of Childhood, Religious Background: Muslim

Under My Hijab

by Hena Khan

Age 06 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Voice for Refuge (Our Stories Carried Us Here)

by Zaynab Abdi

Age 08 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Siblings, Family Separation: On Journey, Format: Graphic Novel, Identity: Multilingual, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Refugee Journey, Refugee: Unspecified, Religious Background: Muslim, Unaccompanied Minors

We Are One

by Mahmoud Elzein

Age 04 or older

Themes: Activism, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Discrimination: Religious, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by School

We’re in This Together: A Young Readers Edition of We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders

by Linda Sarsour

Age 08 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Activism, Community Action, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Racial, Discrimination: Religious, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience

What a Desi Girl Wants

by Sabina Khan

Age 12 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Genre: Romance, Immigrant: Education, LGBTQIA+, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Setting: Home Country, Welcoming by Individual

When a Brown Girl Flees

by Aamna Qureshi

Age 14 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Generational Differences, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim, Unaccompanied Minors, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual

When Wings Expand

by Mehded Maryam Sinclair

Age 10 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend

Wishtree

by Katherine Applegate

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Community Action, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, IYNB Recommends: Community Rallying Against Hate, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Community, Welcoming by Individual

Yasmin (Series)

by Saadia Faruqi

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter To His Daughter

by Mark Gonzales

Age 05 or older

Themes: Family Relationship: Parents, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Muslim