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I love to read this book to my daughter. I enjoyed this book. I do think this is a book for all children , it has great stiries for the whole family.
I can only hope that this brilliant book helpd educate muslims and non-muslims about the true beauty of Islam.
The young boys confront their friend, "You never told us you had such a nice mother."Children's Nonfiction Reaching out from under her black abaya, the mysterious woman is soft and gentle. My favorite short stroy is the Black Ghost. The children run from fear of her and her young son is dreadfully embarrassed until the black ghost rescues one of the boys.
They will be able to learn more about prayer, fasting, eid and other things that their muslim classmates and friends follow in their lives. It can be used as an excellent tool in a classroom to dispel any misconceptions non-muslim children may carry against their muslim classmates. This book is so informative and well-written it should be in every muslim house. However, this book is not only very good for muslim children, it is also an excellent book for non-muslim children to read and learn more about islam.
I could feel the self-consciousness myself when a little boy overhears his friends mistaken his mother for a ghost after being frightened by her veil, and the guilt when a young girl succumbs to temptation and devours the delicious candies that contain pork byproducts. This book covers such topics as Muslim minority children having to choose between adherences to their religion, e.g. forgoing observance of prayer times and dietary restrictions for the sake of convenience and fitting in with the crowd. This is a wonderful book. I was especially impressed that the authors managed to tell a series of situational stories from a child's point of view. It's informative, non-judgemental, and non-proselytizing. My favorite was the one about the little boy who becomes separated from his parents at Mecca and finds shelter with a kindly old man.
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