Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, it is equally at home in a classroom reading circle as it is being read to a child on a parent's lap.ĪWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Hena Khan's picture books have garnered numerous awards: Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year, Parent' Choice Recommended Seal, NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People selection, CCBC Choices Reading List selection, Booklist Top 10 Religion Book for Youth, Chicago Public Library Best Book, and ALA Notable Children's Book nominee, among many others.ĪWARD-WINNING ILLUSTRATOR: Mehrdokht Amini received the 2016 Childrens Africana Book Award for her book Chicken in the Kitchen and has been nominated for the prestigious Kate Greenaway medal. From a red prayer rug to a blue hijab, readers will learn about a different colour of the Muslim world on each spread with a young Muslim girl and her family as a guide. With breathtaking illustrations and informative text, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns magnificently captures the world of Islam, celebrating its beauty and traditions for even the youngest readers. Ages 3–7.Now in board book, this picture book magnificently captures the colours of Islam and will inspire curiosity and conversations about world religions and cultures.

A glossary provides additional information. Arabic terms are woven into the text, some explained directly, some by context, making the book suitable for children of all faiths. Scenes of street life and home life hold architectural detail and textile patterns and attract second and third looks.

Amini’s (The Faerie Door) illustrations apply lush and muted jewel tones to images and scenes from domestic and religious life in a contemporary Muslim culture.

The emphases are both the particulars of Islam and the universal concerns of all caring societies and religions-devotion helping the poor through “zakat,” or money for charity exchanging gifts at the holiday of Eid. “Red is the rug Dad kneels on to pray” exemplifies the accessible mix of tradition (prayer rugs) and modernity (colloquial English) the author uses throughout the book. Each spread portrays a Muslim custom, clothing style, or religious tenet and links it to a color used throughout the scene. In this picture book, Khan (Night of the Moon: A Muslim Holiday Story) immerses young readers in “deen”-the Muslim way of life.

Golden domes and silver lanterns