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The Kindest Red: A Story of Hijab and Friendship
By (Author) Ibtihaj Muhammad
Illustrated by Hatem Aly
By (author) S. K. Ali
Andersen Press Ltd
Andersen Press Ltd
3rd May 2023
5th January 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Islam
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage social topics: Religious issues / debates
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Clothing and fashion
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Self-awareness and self-esteem
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Racism and anti-racism
813.6
Hardback
40
Width 260mm, Height 260mm, Spine 9mm
440g
The highly-anticipated sequel to The Proudest Blue; a NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER which explores sisterhood, and kindness, from trailblazer and Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad. I want a kind world. A world where kindness passes from one to another. When Faizah's teacher asks her class to imagine what kind of world they want to live in Faizah imagines a world where everyone is kind to one another, and tries to create that world in the school playground. But what Faizah wants most is to be like her big sister, Asiya. Will Faizah's classmates repay her kindness and find a way for her to match Asiya in time for school photo day An important and uplifting story about celebrating each other's differences and similarities.
"a gorgeously warm and inclusive story, with an adorable and bubbly heroine at its heart" * The Bookseller *
Ibtihaj Muhammad (Author) Ibtihaj Muhammad is a fencer and the first Muslim American woman in hijab to compete and to win a medal for the United States in the Olympic Games. An activist, speaker and entrepreneur, Ibtihaj has written a memoir, Proud, and inspired the first hijabi Barbie in her likeness. Her first picture book, The Proudest Blue, was an instant New York Times bestseller.S. K. Ali (Author) S. K. Ali is the award-winning author of Saints and Misfits and Love from A to Z and the coeditor of an upcoming Eid anthology. She and her sister visited hijab shops every year before the first day of school to choose their proudest colours.Hatem Aly (Illustrator) Hatem Aly is the illustrator of many books, including the Newbery Honor Book The Inquisitor's Tale. Hatem was born in Egypt, and currently lives in Canada with his wife, son and their many pets.