Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes
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6–8 years
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96 pages · 25 stories
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About The Book
From a crescent moon to a square garden to an octagonal fountain, this breathtaking picture book celebrates the shapes - and traditions - of the Muslim world.
Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets is equally at home in a classroom reading circle and on a parent's lap being read to a child.
About the Contributor(s)
About the author
Hena Khan: Hena Khan is a Pakistani American author of children's and middle-grade books, widely loved for stories that place Muslim families, faith, and culture warmly at the center of the page. She grew up in Rockville, Maryland, where she still lives with her family, and recalls rarely seeing her own Pakistani American Muslim life reflected in the books of her childhood, a gap her work has helped to fill. After earning an MA in International Affairs from George Washington University, she worked as a writer and editor before turning to children's literature. Her picture books include Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes, Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story, Under My Hijab, and It's Ramadan, Curious George, titles that introduce young readers to Ramadan, Eid, prayer, and Islamic art in an approachable way. In middle-grade fiction she is known for Amina's Voice and its sequel Amina's Song, as well as More to the Story and the Zara's Rules series. Amina's Voice was named a best book of 2017 by The Washington Post, Kirkus Reviews, and NPR, while Amina's Song won the 2022 Asian/Pacific American Award for Children's Literature. Across more than two decades of writing, her recurring themes are friendship, community, and family.
About the illustrator
Mehrdokht Amini: Mehrdokht Amini is an Iranian-British children's book illustrator whose richly colored, culturally attentive artwork has reached young readers around the world. She grew up in Iran and studied graphic design at Tehran University, where she began illustrating for children's magazines and books while still a student. She has lived in the United Kingdom since 2004, settling in England, and her work has appeared in books published in Iran, Poland, Korea, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She is best known to Muslim families for illustrating Hena Khan's series of Muslim concept books, a gentle introduction to faith and culture for the very young: Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, a Muslim book of colors, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets, a Muslim book of shapes, and One Sun and Countless Stars, a Muslim book of numbers. Her jewel-toned illustrations also bring warmth to Mark Gonzales's Yo Soy Muslim, a lyrical celebration of multicultural identity. Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns was selected for the 2013 ALSC notable children's book list. Beyond her Islamic-themed work, Amini illustrated Nnedi Okorafor's Chicken in the Kitchen, which won the 2016 Children's Africana Book Award, and she has been recognized with Kate Greenaway Medal nominations. She says she is especially drawn to publishers interested in cultural diversity, since it lets her study different communities and deepen her understanding of people.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781452155418
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pages
36
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