Hatem Aly

Faizah relates how she feels on the first day her sister, sixth-grader Asiya, wears a hijab to school.

Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program, but getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task.

Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in.

When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.

A boy begrudgingly composes a sometimes-rhyming adventure with his precocious little sister.

"When Muhammad gets a special salat rug on his seventh birthday, he is determined to do all five daily prayers on time. But one salat occurs during the school day--and he's worried about being seen praying at school. His father parks his truck to worship in public places, and people stare at him and mock him. Will the same thing happen to Muhammad? From two powerhouse creators comes an empowering story about an important part of Islamic faith that...

Having been judged Different, Norbert, Drew, and Sophie are banished from the United State of Earth to Astro-Nuts Camp on Zorquat 3 in the Orion Nebula, interfering with Norbert's quest to find his parents.

With the help of his older brother, Ethan cares for the stray cats he encounters on the way to school.

Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset--until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends."

When Yasmin's father explains to her about explorers and maps, Yasmin decides to make a map of her neighborhood and she brings it along on a trip to the farmers' market with her mother--but will the map help her when they are separated?