Thriving Together
Celebrating Arab American Heritage Month
A great way to celebrate and acknowledge Arab American Heritage Month is by reading literature with meaningful and diverse representations of Arabic people. The scope of representing the entirety of Arabic diversity is too large to fit into four suggestions, but these books feature positive messages about our differences and similarities.
While we only choose four books to introduce to our libraries, we have so many more stories for our students to explore. Just ask the librarian! We hope you can either check these stories out from our school libraries or purchase them and add them to your own library. Diversifying our libraries and literature is important when we are learning about the world we live in, where we come from, and the different people and cultures we will interact with.
Happy reading!
Ursula Chan
Below are links to Chaucer’s Books and Amazon.
LOWER SCHOOL
Amira’s Picture Day, Reem Faruqi Chaucer's Books Amazon
In My Mosque, M. O. Yuksel Chaucer's Books Amazon
Laila’s Lunchbox, Michelle Sterling Chaucer’s Books Amazon
The Proudest Blue, Shar Tuiasoal Chaucer's Books Amazon
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MIDDLE SCHOOL
Once Upon an Eid, ed. S.K. Ali and Aisha Saeed Chaucer’s Books Amazon
Other Words of Home, Jasmine Warga Chaucer’s Books Amazon
The Turtle of Oman, Naomi Shihab Nyei Chaucer’s Books Amazon
Silverworld, Diana Abu-Jaber Chaucer’s Books Amazon
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UPPER SCHOOL
Between Two Moons, Aisha Abdel Gawad Chaucer’s Books Amazon
Shifting the Silence, Etel Adan Chaucer’s Books Amazon
What Strange Paradise, Omar El Akkad Chaucer’s Books Amazon
The Skin and its Girl, Sarah Cypher Chaucer’s Books Amazon
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