Like the Moon Loves the Sky
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
A lyrical and heartwarming celebration of a mother's love for her children by the award-winning author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns.
In this moving picture book, author Hena Khan shares her wishes for her children: "Inshallah you find wonder in birds as they fly. Inshallah you are loved, like the moon loves the sky." With vibrant illustrations and prose inspired by the Quran, this charming picture book is a heartfelt and universal celebration of a parent's unconditional love.
• A reassuring bedtime read-aloud for mothers and their children.
• A perfect book for sharing Muslim family traditions and for families teaching diversity and religious acceptance.
• Hena Khan's books have been widely acclaimed, winning awards and honors from the ALA, Parent's Choice, and many others.
For families who have read and loved Under My Hijab, Yo Soy Muslim, and Mommy's Khimar.
A sweet and lovely bedtime book to help let children know they are loved and precious.
• Bedtime books for ages 3–5
• Mother's Day gift
• Islamic children's books
Hena Khan is the author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets, Night of the Moon, and many other books for children. She lives in Rockville, Maryland.
Saffa Khan is an illustrator and printmaker born in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, and living in Glasgow, Scotland.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Hena Khan (More to the Story) opens this peaceful incantation with a spread of young brown-skinned parents bowed over an infant: "Inshallah you are all/ that is gentle and good." A page turn later, they push the baby in a stroller: "Inshallah you feel safe,/ like all children should." Debuting illustrator Saffa Khan creates vibrant ink and digital spreads in sunset tints striated with blues and greens. As the pages turn, the infant becomes a child, learns to ride a bike ("Inshallah you have faith/ that won't waver or bend"), and learns to take responsibility for actions; the child is pictured on a doorstep with two friends, one hijabi, holding a note that reads "sorry." Thoughtfully, a spread that accompanies the words "Inshallah you travel/ to thrilling new places" shows children, including one using a wheelchair, playing make believe instead of on a picturesque overseas trip. It's a view of a childhood focused not just on well-being, but on hope to "count all your blessings" and "find wonder" as well. An author's note defines inshallah ("if God wills it" in Arabic) as a word "used by people of many faiths to reflect the idea of a greater force or power beyond ourselves." Ages 3 5.
