Learn a selection of Arabic prayers and expressions while having fun with sixty-plus pages of imaginative activities that will introduce young children to a range of practices from Islam and the Muslim world. TheIslamic Manners Activity Bookincludes puzzles, word searches, coloring pages, connect-the-dots, and matching cards that will occupy and entertain children for hours.
Fatima D’Oyenwas born in New York in 1960 and embraced Islam in 1979. An author of several books for Muslim children, she has also been active in Islamic education since 1983 in the United States and Europe in a variety of capacities. Currently she is director of Manara Education, a UK-based social enterprise promoting holistic approaches to Islamic education and parenting.
Reviews in library and trade journals, including Midwest Book Review, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Horn Book Review and Publishers Weekly
Sample print-out activity pages from the book can be made available on Kube children's blog(http://thekubeblog.wordpress.com/), and may be used in conjunction with a Flickr online gallery where children, parents and educators can share their creative interpretation of the materials.
Targeted outreach to newspapers, schools and libraries in communities with large Muslim populations (Illinois, California, New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., Michigan)
Special outreach to early elementary school educators, including those connected with the Islamic Society of North America.
Features on Muslim and parenting blogs, including UmmahReads, Muslim Book Review, Multiculturalism Rocks!Attractive and playful activity book introducing a range of Islamic and Arabic expressions for various situations i.e. greetings, loss, thanks, along with a range of prayers
Primarily targeted at Muslim families/children
It is also an ideal item for a multicultural classroom/librarylăp