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A beautiful story of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr told from a child’s perspective.
Sara Khan gives us a realistic account of this Islamic festival to show true representation through words and pictures.
The main character Raya, tells us all about her family’s preparations ahead of the celebrations. This personal story sits alongside factual information to educate and engage the reader. I used this to introduce this festival as part of our RE lesson recently and the pupils in my class couldn’t wait to read it again. We enjoyed how true to some of our own pupils’ family preparations this book was and how it inspired conversation about pupils’ own festival experiences openly in classroom conversation.
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Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.)?
Does the book contain anything that teachers would wish to know about before recommending in class (strong language, sensitive topics etc.)?
Would you recommend the book for use in primary schools?
yes
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