“My Arabic Words Book” presents an illustrated book featuring an Arabic word for each of the twenty eight letters of the alphabet, presented in Arabic script and transliterated Roman script along with the English translation.
My Arabic Words Book
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Dancing with Dziadziu
A young girl shares her ballet dancing with her dying grandmother, and the grandmother shares memories of her family’s immigration from Poland and of dancing with the girl’s grandfather.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2
Guardian Of The Dead
Eighteen-year-old New Zealand boarding school student Ellie Spencer must use her rusty tae kwon do skills and new-found magic to try to stop a fairy-like race of creatures from Maori myth and legend that is plotting to kill millions of humans.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2
Jack and Jim
Jack the blackbird and Jim the seagull become friends, but Jack is sad that the other seagulls do not seem to like him.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2
My Childhood Under Fire: A Sarajevo Diary
Offers the story of one young girl who grew into a young woman during the siege of Sarajevo by surviving the constant bombings, sniper attacks, and a critical lack of basic supplies for three long years.
See the review at WOW Review, Volume 3, Issue 2
Elmer’s Day
Elmer has a busy day.
Up and Away with Arabic Numbers
The purpose of this book is to gain familiarity with the shapes of Arabic numerals by using pictures and stencils. The number chart reinforces the shaped of Arabic numbers and can be used to decorate both classrooms and homes.
Beautiful Signs/Ayat Jamilah
Drawing from not only the Qur’an and the traditions of Islamic spirituality, but also from mystical verse and folk tales, this collection of stories gathers traditional stories from the farthest reaches of the Muslim world. Includes explanatory notes. Illustrations.
The Carpet Boy’s Gift
Yearning for freedom and schooling for himself and the other children who toil in a carpet factory in Pakistan to repay loans from the factory owner to their parents, Nadeem is inspired by a former carpet boy named Iqbal Masih to lead the way.
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Apricots Tomorrow
To understand a people, acquaint yourself with their proverbs’ runs an Arab adage, and here are the books that do just that. The popular Apricots Tomorrow, a selection of sayings from the Gulf region, is joined by sister titles The Son of a Duck is a Floater and Unload your own Donkey which draws on sayings from the Maghreb and Levant. Paralleling age-old Arabic sayings with English equivalents, the proverbs highlight the uncanny similarity of inherited wisdom in both East and West.
This book has been featured in our Middle East and South Asia Arabic Language and Culture Kit.