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Availability:In StockContributor:Aya Khalil, Magda AzabSeries:Our WorldAudience:Baby-PreschoolPublish date:2022-10-18Release date:10/18/2022Pages:20
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Barefoot BooksISBN-13:9781646867172ISBN-10:1646867173UPC:9781646867172Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Places, Diversity & MulticulturalBook Topic:Middle East, AfricaAward:2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Children's Pict/0-3 Yrs AwardSize:6.52 x 6.74 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCE0EGA1XH
Winner of the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Silver Award in 2023 and featured on the Children's Book Council Hot Off the Press Reading List in 2022!

"This series offers solid glimpses of faraway places, more poetry than a tour guide . . . evocative and inviting" - School Library Journal

Marhaba! Come along for a day in Egypt. Ride candy-colored boats, hear the thumping of tablas, and enjoy warm pita bread. Even learn words in Arabic with pronunciation guides throughout the story.
  • Part of the Barefoot Books Our World series
  • Written by Egyptian author Aya Khalil and illustrated by Magda Azab
  • Endmatter provides more insights into life in Egypt
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Barefoot BooksISBN-13:9781646867172ISBN-10:1646867173UPC:9781646867172Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Places, Diversity & MulticulturalBook Topic:Middle East, AfricaAward:2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Children's Pict/0-3 Yrs AwardSize:6.52 x 6.74 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.76Product ID:SCE0EGA1XH

Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story, which was an NCTE's Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book and a 2021 Arab American Book Award, among other honors; The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story; and The Banned Books Bake Sale: A Protest Story. Aya holds a master's degree in education and works as a freelance journalist. Her articles have been featured in The Huffington Post and The Christian Science Monitor, among other publications. She immigrated from Egypt to the United States when she was young and currently lives with her partner and three children in Northwest Ohio. Find her at AyaKhalil.com.

Magda Azab is an Italian-Egyptian illustrator based in a small town near Milan. She works with clients from all around the world on a wide range of projects, from editorial illustrations to animations, branding images and pattern design. Her signature style is a combination of geometrical shapes, funny characters and harmonious color palettes with a retro twist.


Publisher: Barefoot Books

Awards

🏆 2023 Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Medal Winner - Children's Pict/0-3 Yrs Award

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Aya Khalil, Magda Azab

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Aya Khalil

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