A review by ballgownsandbooks
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr by Sara Khan, Nadiyah Suyatna

informative

5.0

Thank you so much to @quartokids for sending me a copy of this lovely (and gorgeously illustrated!) little book! 💜 Swipe to see a couple of my favourite pages.

I’ve read so many ‘Islamic’ picture books that somehow manage to lose all actual religiosity, and I’m so happy to say that this one doesn’t fall into that trap at all!

I LOVE that we get to see Raya and her parents doing fun (but generic) holiday traditions like baking iftar cookies and making Ramadan cards, and *also* attending tarawih prayers and reading more Quran. AND, the book is explicit about the fact that the purpose of Ramadan is to get closer to Allah, a message which is so sadly lacking from most children’s books. 

The back of the book also has activities like a quiz and recipes, as well as more detailed information about what Ramadan is all about - this would be such a great resource for adults to share with the kids in your life, both Muslim and non.