Moon Watchers: Shirin's Ramadan Miracle Contributor(s): Jalali, Reza (Author), Sibley O'brien, Anne (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0884485870 ISBN-13: 9780884485872 Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Religious - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States |
Dewey: E |
Physical Information: 0.2" H x 8.8" W x 9.8" (0.39 lbs) 32 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 137938 Reading Level: 3.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For Muslim people around the world, Ramadan is a month-long time for prayer, fasting, and charity. This month of blessing is not viewed as a time of hardship but instead as a time to develop self-discipline and increase awareness of and compassion for the poor and the hungry. It is a time to deepen connection with Allah through prayer and community. For this much-anticipated month, Muslim people gather together in homes, shops, and restaurants to break their fasts and pray.
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Contributor Bio(s): Sibley O'brien, Anne: - ANNE SIBLEY O'BRIEN has illustrated 31 books, including Talking Walls, and is the author and illustrator of the picture book I'm New Here and the graphic novel The Legend of Hong Kil Dong. Annie's passion for multiracial, multicultural, and global subjects grew out of her experience of being raised bilingual and bicultural in South Korea as the daughter of medical missionaries. She writes the column "The Illustrator's Perspective" for the Bulletin of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and a blog, "Coloring Between the Lines." The mother of two grown children, she lives with her husband on an island in Maine.Jalali, Reza: - Reza Jalali is a writer, educator, and a Muslim Scholar, who has taught courses at the University of Southern Maine and Bangor Theological Seminary. Jalali's books include New Mainers ((c)2009, Tilbury), Moon Watchers ((c)2010, Tilbury), Homesick Mosque and Other Stories, and The Poets and the Assassin. His children's book, Moon Watchers, has received the Stepping Stone Multicultural Award. His five-act play, The Poets and the Assassin, which is about women in Iran and Islam, has been staged at Bates College, University of Southern Maine, Bowdoin College, University of New England, and the Space Gallery, among others. In May 2015, Jalali was featured in the National Public Radio's popular program, The Moth Radio. |