What Do We Know About Islam?; My Muslim Life
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This issue's cover is a photograph of Anne Frank whose diary is discussed by Michael Rosen fifty years after its first publication. Following the arrest of the Frank family and their companions, the secret annex in Amsterdam where they had been in hiding was locked up and everybody forbidden to enter it, since Jewish possessions became Nazi property and were carted away. Before this happened, the young woman, Miep Gies, who had provided those in hiding with food and who had a second key to the annex, risked herself once more by entering it. Miep retrieved Anne's diary from the devastation together with the Frank family photograph album.
Thanks to Penguin Children's Books for help in reproducing this cover.
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What Do We Know About Islam?
My Muslim Life
It was a pleasure to read What Do We Know About Islam? as it is refreshing to come across a book about religion that is so lively and interesting. With its clarity of style and diversity of illustration (photographs, maps and drawings), this is a book which will appeal to all children. Each double page spread starts with a question on a particular aspect of Islam which is dealt with in a simple yet very informative manner. There is so much in this book that can initiate further discussion and lead to various projects. A useful glossary and index are also included.
Although it is a first introduction to the subject, My Muslim Life however does not appear to have the required novelty of layout and design needed to maintain a child's interest. Each page has a box with simple text and a photograph but the teacher will need to elaborate further. The information on additional books to read, glossary, index and notes for teachers are adequate.
