Kids’ Reading List: Classics for Infants to Age 2

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Kids’ Reading List: Classics for Infants to Age 2

Recommended by the American Library Association Oprah.com   |   August 08, 2008

I Heard a Little Baa By Elizabeth MacLeod; illustrated by Louise Phillips

This lively rhyming book gives readers a chance to practice animal sounds, identify animals and guess what animal is coming up next.
Kids Can, 1998. ISBN: 9781550744965.

Mr. Gumpy’s Outing By John Burningham; illustrated by the author

On a perfect summer day, Mr. Gumpy decides to take a ride on the river in his small boat. First he adds a boy and girl, and then an array of animals until the goat’s kick causes a cumulative effect and everyone lands in the water. The book ends with a tea party for all.
Holt, 1971. ISBN: 9780805007084

The Very Hungry Caterpillar By Eric Carle; illustrated by the author

A very hungry caterpillar works his way through holes cut into the pages as he eats a variety of food, spins his cocoon, and emerges as a beautiful butterfly.
Collins, 1979. ISBN: 9780529007759

Pat the Bunny By Dorothy Kunhardt

The classic touch-and-feel book in which a boy and girl experience the world around them by patting a bunny, looking in a mirror, smelling flowers and touching Daddy’s scratchy face. Golden Books, 1940. ISBN: 9780307120007

Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown; illustrated by Clement Hurd

A young rabbit says goodnight to everything in his room before bedtime in this milestone cozy book. HarperFestival, 1947. ISBN: 9780694003617

Moo Baa La La La By Sandra Boynton

The animals in this rhyming board book demonstrate the very different and amusing sounds that they make. The humor is just right for toddlers. Little Simon, 1982. ISBN: 9780671449018

Clap Hands By Helen Oxenbury

Clap hands, dance and spin, open wide and pop it in. Sweet babies go through various rhymed activities in this delightful board book.
Little Simon, 1987. ISBN: 9780689819841

Spots, Feathers and Curly Tails By Nancy Tafuri

Who does that curly tail belong to? What animal has black-and-white spots? Just turn the page to reveal the familiar farm animals that match the verbal and visual clues. Bold, bright pictures make this a guessing game just right for the youngest book and animal lovers.
Greenwillow, 1988. ISBN: 9780688075361
Try more books for infants up to 2 years old.

The BFF Sisters: Jennah’s New Friends by Suzy Ismail

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Forming a new club to study the “hadeeth” with her Muslim friends in Matawan, New Jersey, helps calm Jennah’s anger when she believes a new girl is replacing her as Yasmeen’s best friend.

 

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
• Paperback:64 pages
• Publisher:Amana Pubns (December 20, 2001)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:159008005X
• ISBN-13: 978-1590080054

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Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet by Ibrahim Abdul-Matin

 Book Description

Publication Date: November 11, 2010
“The Earth is a mosque”Muslims are compelled by their religion to praise the Creator and to care for their community. But what is not widely known is that there are deep and long-standing connections between Islamic teachings and environmentalism. In this groundbreaking book, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin draws on research, scripture, and interviews with Muslim Americans to trace Islam’s preoccupation with humankind’s collective role as stewards of the Earth. Abdul-Matin points out that the Prophet Muhammad declared that “the Earth is a mosque.”
Deen means “path” or “way” in Arabic. Abdul-Matin offers dozens of examples of how Muslims can follow, and already are following, a Green Deen in four areas: “waste, watts (energy), water, and food.” At last, people of all beliefs can appreciate the gifts and contributions that Islam and Muslims bring to the environmental movement.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 13 and up
• Paperback:264 pages
• Publisher:Berrett-Koehler Publishers (November 11, 2010)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:1605094641
• ISBN-13: 978-1605094649

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Hamza Learns Wudu by Asna Chaudhry

Book Description

Follow along as Hamza learns about wudu.

Product Details

• Paperback:20 pages
• Publisher:iPromote Media Inc.; 1st edition (January 19, 2007)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0973977817
• ISBN-13: 978-0973977813

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Hamza’s Learns About Eid ul Adha by Asna Chaudhry

Book Description

Follow along as Hamza learns about Eid-ul-Adha.

 

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher:iPromote Media (June 1, 2009)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0973977841
• ISBN-13: 978-0973977844

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Hamza’s First Fast by Asna Chaudhry

 

Book Description

Publication Date: December 23, 2005

Follow along as Hamza learns about Ramadan and fasting.

 

Product Details

• Paperback:20 pages
• Publisher:iPromote Media Inc. (December 23, 2005)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0973977809
• ISBN-13: 978-0973977806

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Hamza’s Heroes by Asna Chaudhry

Book Description

Follow along as Hamza learns about the Prophets.

 

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher:iPromote Media (June 1, 2009)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0973977825
• ISBN-13: 978-0973977820

 

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Mornings in Jenin: by Susan Abulhawa

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2010

A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that could do for Palestine what The Kite Runner did for Afghanistan.

 

“Forcibly removed from the ancient village of Ein Hod by the newly formed state of Israel in 1948, the Abulhejas are moved into the Jenin refugee camp. There, exiled from his beloved olive groves, the family patriarch languishes of a broken heart, his eldest son fathers a family and falls victim to an Israeli bullet, and his grandchildren struggle against tragedy toward freedom, peace, and home. This is the Palestinian story, told as never before, through four generations of a single family.

 The very precariousness of existence in the camps quickens life itself. Amal, the patriarch’s bright granddaughter, feels this with certainty when she discovers the joys of young friendship and first love and especially when she loses her adored father, who read to her daily as a young girl in the quiet of the early dawn. Through Amal we get the stories of her twin brothers, one who is kidnapped by an Israeli soldier and raised Jewish; the other who sacrifices everything for the Palestinian cause. Amal’s own dramatic story threads between the major Palestinian-Israeli clashes of three decades; it is one of love and loss, of childhood, marriage, and parenthood, and finally of the need to share her history with her daughter, to preserve the greatest love she has.

 Previously published in a hardcover edition with a limited run under the title The Scar of David, this powerful novel is now available in a fully revised, newly titled paperback edition. The deep and moving humanity of Mornings in Jenin forces us to take a fresh look at one of the defining political conflicts of our lifetimes.”

Product Details

• Paperback:352 pages
• Publisher:Bloomsbury USA; 1 Reprint edition (February 2, 2010)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:1608190463
• ISBN-13: 978-1608190461

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Ramadan Moon by Na’ima B. Robert

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Muslims all over the world observe Ramadan and the joyful days of Eid-ul-Fitr at the end of the month of fasting as the most special time of year. This lyrical and inspiring picture book captures the wonder and delight of this great annual event. Accompanied by illustrations inspired by Iranian art, the story follows the waxing of the moon from the first new crescent to full moon and waning until Eid is heralded by the first sighting of the second new moon. This book is for all children who celebrate Ramadan and those in the wider communities who want to understand why it is such a special experience for Muslims.

 

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
• Hardcover:32 pages
• Publisher:Frances Lincoln Children’s Books (July 14, 2009)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:1845079221
• ISBN-13: 978-1845079222

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Under the Ramadan Moon by Sylvia Whitman

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up

We wait for the moon.We watch for the moon.We watch for the Ramadan moon.We give to the poor, and read Qur_an, under the moon.We live our faith, until next yearunder the moon, under the moon,under the Ramadan moon.Ramadan is one of the most special months of the Islamic year, when Muslims pray, fast, and help those in need. Sylvia Whitman’s lyrical story, with luminous illustrations by Sue Williams, serves as an introduction to Ramadan_a time for reflection and ritual with family and friends. A detailed note about Ramadan is included

 

Product Details

• Paperback:24 pages
• Publisher:Albert Whitman & Company (March 1, 2011)
• Language:English
• ISBN-10:0807583057
• ISBN-13: 978-0807583050

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