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Kanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that's why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her father has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt...
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Kanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that's why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her father has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt...
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Kanzi, the immigrant girl of Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan's bestselling picture book The Arabic Quilt, has come to feel welcome in her American school--that is, until an entire shelf of books about immigrant kids and kids of color suddenly disappears from the school library. Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and helplessness. But her classmates support her,...
8) Egypt
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Young readers can explore Egypt and all it has to offer in this engaging board book that is drawn from the author's and illustrator's personal experiences of life in this country.
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Hello, smiling face!
From laughing to cooing, from sneezing to yawning, join baby in discovering what expressive eyes, noses, and mouths can do. With high-contrast design and engaging photographs, ¡Hola, cara! / Hello, Face! is perfect for the very youngest Spanish readers. From laughing to cooing, from sneezing to yawning, join baby in discovering what expressive eyes, noses, and mouths can do. Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Arabic...
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Hello, belly button!
From tummy time to snack time, from burps to giggles, join baby in discovering what round little bellies can do. With high-contrast design and engaging photographs, ¡Hola, barriguita! / Hello, Tummy! is perfect for the very youngest Spanish readers. From tummy time to snack time, from burps to giggles, join baby in discovering what round little bellies can do. Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant...
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Hello, waving hands!
From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do. With high-contrast design and engaging photographs,
¡Hola, manos! / Hello, Hands! is perfect for the very youngest Spanish readers. From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do. Aya Khalil is the award-winning author...
12) Hello, face!
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From laughing to cooing, from sneezing to yawning, join baby in discovering what expressive eyes, noses, and mouths can do.
13) Hello, Tummy!
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Hello, belly button!
From tummy time to snack time, from burps to giggles, join baby in discovering what round little bellies can do. With high-contrast design and engaging photographs, Hello, Tummy! is perfect for the very youngest readers. From tummy time to snack time, from burps to giggles, join baby in discovering what round little bellies can do. Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story, which is an...
14) Hello, Hands!
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From saying hello to playing peekaboo, from gripping toys to blowing kisses, join baby in discovering what tiny hands can do.
16) Hello, Feet!
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Hello, wiggling toes!
From splashing in the bath to wiggling in the sand, from pulling off socks to taking first steps, join baby in discovering what tiny feet can do. With high-contrast design and engaging photographs, Hello, Feet! is perfect for the very youngest readers. From splashing in the bath to wiggling in the sand, from pulling off socks to taking first steps, join baby in discovering what tiny feet can do. Aya Khalil is the award-winning...
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Binge Box
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[2021]
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English
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Drum dream girl: A young girl fulfills her dreams in this video treatment of the acclaimed Pura Belpre' Award winner. -- Girls cannot be drummers. Long ago on an island filled with music, no one questioned that rule--that is, until the drum dream girl. When at last her dream-bright music was heard, it was decided everybody should be free to drum and dream. Inspired by the childhood of Millo Castro Zaldarriaga, a Chinese-African-Cuban girl who broke...
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Documents are milestones and markers of human activity, part of who and what we are. Our story can be told through the objects, profound and trivial, famous and forgotten, by which we remember and are remembered. Documents That Changed the Way We Live examines dozens of compelling stories that describe these documents, their creation, motivation, influence, importance, historical and social context, provenance, and their connections to contemporary...
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Dover Publications
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©2012
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English
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"These 30 dynamic illustrations feature interlocking repetitive floral designs rendered in the distinctive style of Islamic art. Colorists and crafters alike will be inspired by the original motifs, which exhibit the hypnotic appeal of mandalas as well as quilt and tile patterns. The full-page images offer a wealth of imaginative coloring possibilities."--Back cover
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