These Islamic books for kids are a collection of four books that focus on responding to the questioning nature of children. Goodword Books have published these Islamic books to create an interest in reading among children.
The Path That Allah Made is a beautifully illustrated poem by Adeeba Jafri in the series Islam and Me. The purpose of this book is to focus on God’s creation.
It is about a boy who on returning one day from school sees a different path and wonders whether he should take it. He marvels about what he sees till it becomes dark and he returns by the original path.
Children are thus taught that we must explore the path God has made and be thankful to Him.
Other interesting books by Adeeba Jafri are The Baby Garden and Alia And The Story Of The Rose.
The Baby Garden is a book that focuses children’s attention as to from where babies come from. It is about a young child asking his friends the question as to from where babies come from.
His friends give him different answers but these only confuse him. Finally he asks his mother who is about to give birth to a baby. She tells him babies come from God. This answer satisfies the young child.
Children thus learn to believe in God and everything that He makes. An omission in the book is that it could have talked about the miracle of conception. However young minds may not understand such concepts.
Alia And The Story Of The Rose is a book that introduces children to the hijab. It also introduces children to the concept of friendship and teaches them also to be connected to nature.
The story is of a small girl who goes to a park and forms a friendship with another small girl. While one child’s mother wears the hijab, the other child’s mother does not.
The mother gives her child an explanation of how the hijab protects the Muslim woman in the same way as thorns protect the rose. Thereby the child is also introduced to the difference between Muslims and non-Muslims.
Children are thus taught that the hijab is an Islamic gift given by God to women. This book concludes with a poem on the hijab and an activity lesson.
Searching For Kindness by Fatima Nabil Alterkait introduces children to kindness. It is about a child hoping to find kindness. Finally his grandmother shows the child that kindness is a quality and not a physical object. Thereby children are introduced to the quality of kindness that should be possessed by all adults and children.
These books are taught in schools in India, the USA, the UK, Canada, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, South Africa, Nigeria, Malaysia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia etc.
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