Every explorer needs a map! Baba encourages Yasmin to make one of her own. But when Yasmin loses sight of Mama at the farmer’s market, can her map bring them back together?
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Every explorer needs a map! Baba encourages Yasmin to make one of her own. But when Yasmin loses sight of Mama at the farmer’s market, can her map bring them back together?
Nominated for Favourite Books of 2018 by: ‘A Crafty Arab’ (@ACraftyArab), artist and blogger at http://acraftyarab.com
This fictional tale is about a spirited second grader named Yasim, who lives with a multi-generational Pakistani American family. She has adventures as an explorer, a painter, a builder and a fashionista.
I took the book to my story time at the library and it got a room full of thumbs up… I read them the chapter on Yasmin being a painter. We then talked about times we were in art class when we feel that we are not any good. The kids loved that there was a person just like them, who feels that way about their artwork too. It was such a great discussion about how art allows you to make mistakes.
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