Publisher: Little Brown Books for Young ReadersĮach month a committee of Worlds of Words advisors recommends a book published within the last year. Among other books, he illustrated Newbery Honor winning novel The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz. Hatem Aly is an Egyptian–born illustrator whose work has been featured on television and in multiple publications worldwide. As Faizah and Asiya in the book, Ali and her sister visited hijab shops every year in preparation for the first day of school to choose their color of choice. Ali is the award–winning author of Saints and Misfits and Love from A to Z and the coeditor of an upcoming Eid anthology. She is an activist, speaker and entrepreneur who has written a memoir, Proud, and has inspired the creation of first hijab wearing Barbie.
Ibtihaj Muhammad is a fencer and the first Muslim American woman in hijab to compete for the United States in the Olympic Games and win a medal at the Olympic Games (bronze in the women’s saber team event). The concept of choice, which is the right of every Muslim girl, is predominantly articulated within this strong and powerful narrative. It is an experience that many Muslim girls can relate to. Muslim children as well as others need to see strong Muslim role models outside of family and this book does just that. The significance of this book is that its written and illustrated by Muslims. She becomes a role model for her younger sibling and other younger girls, to follow when time comes for them to choose to wear the hijab. Asiya is bullied in school about her hijab but she fights back with confidence that only a child who is loved and appreciated by her family can. The color of the hijab that Asiya chooses is a brilliant blue that reflects the sky and the sea. Her younger sister, Faizah, accompanies her. The mother takes Asiya to a hijab shop to choose a color that most reflects her. This story is about a young girl whose older sister is going to be wearing the hijab for the first time in public (her school). Ali write about an experience from both of their childhoods. Olympic medalist and social justice activist Ibtihaj Muhammad along with S.K.
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