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Children's books with an Islamic theme

Last Updated: 16-Oct-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library featuring Islamic lands, people and culture, inclusing Muslims around the world.

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Cover image of The turtle of Oman
The turtle of Oman : a novel / Naomi Shihab Nye ; illustrations by Betsy Peterschmidt.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3564 .Y44 T87 2014
Lexile measure 700; Ages 8-12; Gr.3-6
Ms. Marvel / writer, G. Willow Wilson ; artist, Jacob Wyatt, Adrian Alphona ; color artist, Ian Herring ; letterer, VC's Joe Caramagna.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6728 .M766 W55 2014 V.1
Lexile measure GN450L; Ages 11-17
The red pencil / by Andrea Davis Pinkney ; illustrated by Shane W. Evans.
First edition: September 2014.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3566 .I5247 R44 2014
Lexile measure HL620L; Age 8-12; Gr.6-9
Cover image of Deep in the Sahara
Deep in the Sahara / written by Kelly Cunnane ; illustrated by Hoda Hadadi.
1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .U4673 D44 2013
Lexile measure AD 890L; Ages 5-8; Gr.K-3
Cover image of Golden domes and silver laterns
Golden domes and silver lanterns : a Muslim book of colors / by Hena Khan ; illustrated by Mehrdokht Amini.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2012
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3611 .H345 G65 2012
Ages 4-7

Other books

Cover image of Anahita's woven riddle
Anahita's woven riddle / Meghan Nuttall Sayres.
New York : Amulet Books, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .A99 A63 2006
Lexile measure 850; Book level 6; Ages 10 and up; gr.6-10
Ask me no questions / Marina Budhos.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .U3476 A75 2006
Lexile measure 790; Book level 4.8; Ages 12-18; gr.7-12; Realistic fiction
Ayat jamilah : beautiful signs : a treasury of Islamic wisdom for children and parents / collected and adapted by Sarah Conover and Freda Crane ; illustrations by Valerie Wahl.
Boston, Mass. : Skinner House Books, [2011].
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP87.5 .C66 2011
Ages 7 and up; gr. 5-7
The best Eid ever / Asma Mobin-Uddin ; illustrated by Laura Jacobsen.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP186.45 .M63 2007
Lexile measure 670; Book level 3.8; Ages 6-10; gr. K-3
Big red lollipop / by Rukhsana Khan ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9199.3 .K4286 B54 2010
Lexile measure 410; Ages 4-8; Book level 2.2; gr. PreK-2
Cover image of Celebrating Ramadan
Celebrating Ramadan = Ramaḍān al-muʻaẓẓam / by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith ; photographs by Lawrence Migdale.
New York : Holiday House, 2001.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP186.4 .H69 2001
Lexile measure 900; Ages 8-12; Grade level 4.9; Informational; gr. 2-5
Does my head look big in this? / Randa Abdel-Fattah.
1st ed. New York : Orchard Books, 2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9619.4 .A23 D64 2005
Lexile measure 580; Book level 4.9; Ages 12-18; gr.7-10; Realistic fiction
The genius of Islam : how Muslims made the modern world / written and illustrated by Bryn Barnard.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP163 .B2684 2011
Lexile measure 1210; Book level 8.8, Ages 8 and up; gr. 3-6
Growing up Muslim : understanding Islamic beliefs and practices / Sumbul Ali-Karamali.
1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP161.3 .A385 2012
Muhammad / written and illustrated by Demi.
1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP75 .D37 2003
Book level 6.7; Ages 7-12; gr.4-8
Mosque / David Macaulay.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c2003.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » NA4670 .M33 2003 F
Lexile measure 1340; Book level 8.4; Ages 9 and up, gr. 5-9
Cover image of A party in Ramadan
A party in Ramadan / Asma Mobin-Uddin ; illustrated by Laura Jacobsen.
1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, c2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BP183.64 .M82 2009
Lexile 610; Book level 4.2; ages 7-10; fiction, Islam; gr. 3-4
The shepherd's granddaughter / Anne Laurel Carter.
Toronto : Groundwood Books, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3553 .A77319 S48 2008
Lexile measure 600; ages 11-up; book level 4.1, gr. 7-12
Shooting Kabul / N.H. Senzai.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .E69 S49 2010
Lexile measure 800; Book level 5.4; Ages 8-12; Multicultural, Realistic fiction; gr. 4-7
The space between our footsteps : poems and paintings from the Middle East / selected by Naomi Shihab Nye.
1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1998.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PN6109.97 .S63 1998
Ages 12 and up; gr. 8-12
Tasting the sky : a Palestinian childhood / Ibtisam Barakat
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS119.7 .B2845 2007
Lexile measure 870; Book level 5.8; Ages 12 and up; Biography