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 Arab Arab all year long!
 Author: Camper, Cathy

 Publisher:  Candlewick Press (2022)

 Classification: Easy
 Physical Description: [32] p., col. ill., 23 x 24 cm

 BTSB No: 185201 ISBN: 9781536213959
 Ages: 3-7 Grades: K-2

 Subjects:
 Arabs -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
 Interpersonal relations -- Fiction

Price: $23.28

Summary:
Join some busy kids as they partake in traditions old and new. Whether it's learning to write Arabic or looking at hijab fashion sites while planning costumes for a local comic convention, children bond with friends, honor tradition, and spend loving time with family.

 Illustrator: Chalabi, Sawsan


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Accelerated Reader Information:
   Interest Level: LG
   Reading Level: 4.20
   Points: .5   Quiz: 522286

Reviews:
   Kirkus Reviews (05/15/22)
   School Library Journal (+) (06/01/22)
   Booklist (07/01/22)

Full Text Reviews:

School Library Journal - 06/01/2022 PreS-Gr 4—Camper has selected events to reflect the wide variety of "language, culture, and ethnicity" found among those who identify as Arab. The author's note explains that the various stories are based on her own life experiences. Illustrations show children and families in activities throughout the year: creating costumes for a comic convention, cooking together, gathering with friends. Within those familiar activities are details specific to each family, such as painting henna designs on each other's hands during a sleepover, listening to the sounds made by a doumbek drum, or choosing the fillings for maamoul cookies. Another page mentions that "vowels are dots and dashes, hovering like birds around the consonants" in written Arabic with a matching image of words flying out a window. A wide variety of skin tones, hair colors, and clothing styles show "There is no universal definition of who is Arab." Along with the author's note is a glossary, though in the case of the stars with Arabic names—Betelgeuse, Rigel, and Aldebaran, for example—they are shown in Arabic within the illustration. VERDICT A generous and helpful introduction to the richness and variety of what it means to be Arab that will have readers comparing and contrasting scenes with their own family activities.—Suzanne Costner - Copyright 2022 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 The months of the year provide a tidy framework for this celebration of diasporic Arab culture. Beginning with January, each month is given a two-page spread that introduces a particular tradition, told from a child’s point of view. March pokes fun at “Arab Time,” the way Arabs are notoriously unpunctual. July brings summer heat that reminds one mother of her childhood in Morocco. In September, three children assemble costumes for a local comic convention—and win first prize as legendary Egyptian singer Umm Kulthum. These 12 vignettes amount to a detailed patchwork of representative food, clothing, music, celebration, art, and history, the sum of which gives a joyfully round impression of the richness and diversity found within Arab culture. Chalabi’s colorful artwork presents active, smiling children and families and is careful to represent a wide range of hair, skin tone, and dress and to blend traditional elements with modern ones. Back matter gives more detail to various elements of Arab culture and the meanings behind them. A lovely tribute to an underrepresented ethnic group. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

Booklist - 07/01/2022 - Copyright 2022 Booklist.

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