The importance and beauty of the festival is wonderfully captured in this poetic and pyrical picture book, warmly illustrated with scenes of family and community life. It works as well for families who celebrate Ramadan as it does for for anyone wishing to understand what it means to more than a billion people worldwide. What I found most remarkable about this book is how beautifully the verse and images mirror both the emotions evoked by the text and the intended significance of this holiday. A delightful book for children to understand the beliefs of classmates and friends.' -Irish ExaminerĪ beautifully designed book which introduces children to the concept of keeping Ramadan. With religious beliefs being the root cause of heated intolerance, books like Ramadan Moon address this with simple stories that explain these beliefs. She currently lives in Oxford with her husband. She received a first class BA honours in illustration from Loughborough University, and won the Hallmark M&S division Talented Designer Award. SHIRIN ADLÂ was born in Harlow, England, in 1975.
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Until then, she is happy to be a mum to her four children and keep reading and writing books that take her to a different world each time. She divides her time between London and Cairo and dreams of living on a farm with her own horses. 'Boy vs Girl' is her second books for teens. At high school, her loves included performing arts, public speaking and writing stories that shocked her teachers! She has written several multicultural books for children and is the author of 'From Somalia, with love', a novel for young adults.
She was born in Leeds, grew up in Zimbabwe and went to university in London. NA'IMA B ROBERT is descended from Scottish Highlanders on her father's side and the Zulu people on her mother's side.
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