Booklist: I'm Your Neighbor Books

Books from the "I'm Your Neighbor" website, and about building a welcoming community.

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Book cover for "Eleven words for love"
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"A family has fled their homeland in search of safety in another country, carrying a single suitcase. As their journey unfolds, the oldest child reflects on the special contents of that suitcase: photo albums that evoke eleven of many names for love in Arabic. From sunshine-warm friendship to the love that dissolves all tears; from the love that makes you swoon to the love that leaves you yearning for the heart's homeland--her family has experienced...
Book cover for "Under my hijab"
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As a young girl observes that each of six women in her life wears her hijab and hair in a different way, she considers how to express her own style one day.
Book cover for "The kindest red"
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Sisters Faizah and Asiyah learn how to spread kindness on school picture day.
Book cover for "Insha'Allah, no, maybe so"
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"Ranya gets frustrated when her mom just says "Insha'Allah" whenever Ranya asks for something, but as the two talk, both Ranya and mom realize Insha'Allah means so much more"--
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"In this beautiful story of community, family, and acceptance, a boy named Muhammad receives a special salat rug on his seventh birthday. Seven is the age when Muslim children are encouraged to pray, and Muhammad 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 and mock him....
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"Ameena feels invisible. It's been that way since she started at her new school. But now there is another new girl in class. Ameena sees her brownness, her hijab, even though the other kids do not. Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can't seem to find the right words or do the right things. Until one day, they find them together: 'Assalamu Alaikum, Sister. Welcome'"--