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Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Shahrzad Maydani

Sister Friend

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781419767210
  • Weight: 203g
  • Dimensions: 216 x 267mm
  • Publication Date: 06 Jun 2024
  • Publisher: Abrams
  • Publication City/Country: US
  • Product Form: Hardback
  • Language: English
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Description

Perfect for fans of The Day You Begin and Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrator Shahrzad Maydani’s Sister Friend is a heartwarming new picture book celebrating the unique joy of cultivating friendships within your cultural community.

A Junior Library Guild Selection

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year

***STARRED REVIEW*** "A powerful exploration of what it means to be welcomed, seen, and accepted." ―Kirkus Reviews

***STARRED REVIEW*** "Speaks to experiences of loneliness and marginalization as well as of kinship and joy." ―Publishers Weekly
 
Ameena feels invisible. It’s been that way since she started at her new school. But now there is another new girl in class. Ameena sees her brownness and her hijab, even though the other kids do not.
 
Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can’t seem to find the right words or do the right things. Until one day, they find them together: “Assalamu Alaikum, Sister. Welcome.”
About Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow | Shahrzad Maydani
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, M.S.Ed, is a Philadelphia-based educator and children’s book author. A curriculum writer and former English teacher, she has educated children and teens in traditional and alternative learning settings for 15 years. As an inaugural AMAL fellow with the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative (MuslimARC), she developed foundational curricular frameworks for youth and adult anti-racist programming. Her picture books and short stories, which feature young Black and Muslim protagonists, have been recognized as the best in children’s literature by TIME magazine, Read Across America, and NPR. These works include Mommy’s Khimar, Once Upon an Eid (anthology contributor), Grounded (coauthor), Your Name Is a Song, Abdul’s Story, and Hold Them Close. Shahrzad Maydani is an illustrator of Iranian-English descent, raised in Niger and Kenya. Her debut children’s book, Poetree, received the Crystal Kite Award and was a Spring 2019 Kids’ Indie Next selection. She lives with her family in California.