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A review by litagentsaritza
The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil
3.0
As I continue to educate myself on picture books through my self-imposed, self-curated, 100-Picture Book Challenge, I made it a point to choose titles that I would have liked to read as a child and/or with my children when they were little. What I am learning is that a good picture book transcends the age of the reader and imparts a message that's accessible, retainable, and entertaining.
In [a:Aya Khalil|19227120|Aya Khalil|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1559556166p2/19227120.jpg]'s beautiful picture book, we get all three. Her message of acceptance is at the forefront of the work but she weaves in the conversation of the diversity of language and culture beautifully as well. Using a patchwork quilt as a metaphor for unity is not exactly a new idea but the way she incorporates it into the story as a way for kids to see a tapestry of color, and words, and thereby seeing themselves in a different way as well (as their names are written in Arabic on the quilt) is marvelous.
In [a:Aya Khalil|19227120|Aya Khalil|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1559556166p2/19227120.jpg]'s beautiful picture book, we get all three. Her message of acceptance is at the forefront of the work but she weaves in the conversation of the diversity of language and culture beautifully as well. Using a patchwork quilt as a metaphor for unity is not exactly a new idea but the way she incorporates it into the story as a way for kids to see a tapestry of color, and words, and thereby seeing themselves in a different way as well (as their names are written in Arabic on the quilt) is marvelous.