![]() ![]() Thank you to NetGalley and Tilbury House Publishers for providing a digital ARC. Those looking for picture books about the immigrant experience might like this book. Is it a book about Kanzi's grandmother's quilt? Is it a book about bullying? Racism? Spicy meatballs? There's quite a bit thrown in here, and I'm not sure the message gets across as well as it could.īut the illustrations are cute, and the overall theme about the value of diversity is nice. The theme and message aren't quite as focussed as I would like. ![]() Egyptian American Kanzi and her family have just moved to a new town where Kanzi will be starting third grade. But after a project at school where everyone makes a quilt featuring their names written in Arabic, the kids learn that knowing more than one language can be a valuable skill. Review: The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story. Embarrassed by her language (and her lunch), she finds herself not quite fitting in. This is a story about an Egyptian-American girl at a new school. This authentic story with beautiful illustrations includes a glossary of Arabic words and a presentation of Arabic letters with their phonetic English equivalents. ![]() In the end, Kanzi’s most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one. Next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a “quilt” (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. ![]()
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