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May 1, 2003/in Dual Language, Picture Book Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant /by Angie Hill
BfK Rating:
BfK 140 May 2003
Reviewer: Urmi Chana
ISBN: 978-1852691639
Price: £31.24
Publisher: Mantra Lingua
Genre: Dual Language, Picture Book
Age Range: Under 5s Pre-School/Nursery/Infant
Length: 32pp
  • Translated by: Parisima Ahmadi-Ziabari
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The Swirling Hijaab

Author: Na’ima B RobertIllustrator: Nilesh Mistry

This is a superb book, with evocative full-page colour illustrations sweeping across each double-page spread. A simple but equally evocative text in rhyme relates all that a hijaab can be to the muslim girl in the text: ‘My mum’s hijaab is black and soft and wide, A fort for me to hide inside! A ship’s sails flapping in the air, A comforter when she’s not there…’ The pictures capture these images in soft colours and present positive, self-confident images. The swirling hijaab is to the little girl a source of comfort and imaginary play, but as the text affirms at the end: ‘covering my mum as part of her faith / Is what the hijaab does best.’ A very welcome dual language title for primary classrooms as it invites opportunities for sharing religious, cultural and personal experience. (Available in 20 dual language editions.)

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