Rukhsana Khan, Author, Sophie Blackall, Illustrator , illus. by Sophie Blackall. Viking $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-06287-4
Khan (Silly Chicken
) delivers another astute and moving story, ostensibly dealing with sibling rivalry, but actually about hard-won lessons emerging from clashes of identity and assimilation. When Rubina receives her first invitation to a birthday...
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Rukhsana Khan, Author, Ronald Himler, Illustrator Holiday House $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1399-7
This realistic story follows a day in the life of a young Afghani refugee who takes solace in the beautiful carpets he weaves. In a recurring nightmare, the boy narrator flees with his mother and younger sister, Maha, from the bomber planes that...
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Rukhsana Khan, Author, Patty Gallinger, Illustrator Albert Whitman & Company $16.99 (104p) ISBN 978-0-8075-5307-7
With eight stories about Muslim life from such places as the United States, Pakistan, Canada and Nigeria, Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems by Rukhsana Khan, illus. by Patty Gallinger, offers insight into the five...
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Rukhsana Khan, Author, Rukshana Khan, Author, R. Gregory Christie, Illustrator , illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Viking $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-03583-0
Saba has always been afraid of the bossy chickens that chase her through the courtyard of her family's Pakistani home: "Bony beaks, razor claws, with glittery
eyes that wonder, wonder as they watch me, how easy it would be to make me scream.&
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Rukhsana Khan, Author, Rukshana Khan, Author, Yunmee Kyong, Illustrator , illus. by Yunmee Kyong. Viking $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-05912-6
With her native Pakistan as the setting, Khan (The Roses in My Carpets
) offers a comical parable about competing for a parent's affections. Rani thinks her mother Ami is playing favorites—with a hen, no less. "Somehow that silly...
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