The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story - Hardcover

Book 1 of 2: The Arabic Quilt

Khalil, Aya

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9780884487548: The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0884487547 ISBN 13: 9780884487548
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

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 mother 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 her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. Next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a "quilt" (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. In the end, Kanzi's most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.  
This authentic story with beautiful illustrations includes a glossary of Arabic words and a presentation of Arabic letters with their phonetic English equivalents.
full color

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About the Author

Author: Aya Khalil is a freelance journalist and educator. Her debut picture book, The Arabic Quilt, is based on events from her childhood, when she immigrated at the age of one to the U.S. from Egypt with her parents and siblings. She lives in Toledo, Ohio with her husband, Abdalrahman, and their three children. She's been featured in  Teen Vogue, Book Riot, Yahoo! and more. Her work has been featured in The Christian Science Monitor, The Huffington Post, Muslim Girl, Toledo Area Parent and more.


Illustrator: Born in Kazakhstan and raised in Armenia, Anait now lives near Seattle with her husband, twins, and a shaggy Labradoodle. She studied Economics, but Art has always been a big part of her life, she spent hours copying Disney
 characters as a kid. Much later her passion for creating characters and capturing their emotions led her to children's book illustration. Anait joined the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), and now most of her time is dedicated to
 drawing for kids. 

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Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0884487547
ISBN 13 
9780884487548
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Semirdzhyan Anait
Number of pages
36
Rating
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