Under My Hijab

By Hena Khan, Aaliya Jaleel
Hardcover: $19.95

This lovely book from the author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns invites readers to understand and appreciate the hijab and the Muslim women who decide to wear it.

Description

Grandma’s hijab clasps under her chin. Auntie pins hers up with a whimsical brooch. Jenna puts a sun hat over hers when she hikes. Iman wears a sports hijab for tae kwon do. As a young girl observes the women in her life and how each covers her hair a different way, she dreams of the possibilities in her own future and how she might express her personality through her hijab.

With cheerful rhyming text by the author of Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, and charming illustrations from a talented newcomer, Under My Hijab provides a friendly introduction to hijabs for all readers, and celebrates the many Muslim women and girls who choose to wear them.

About the Creators

Hena Khan

Hena Khan is the author of many award-winning children's books, including Under My Hijab, Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns, Amina's Voice, and the Zara's Rules series. She lives near Washington, DC, with her family. Please visit her online at henakhan.com and follow her at @henakhanbooks.

Aaliya Jaleel

Aaliya Jaleel is a student at the University of Texas-Dallas, where she studies animation and enjoys trying new dessert places with her friends. Under My Hijab is her first picture book. She lives near Dallas. Please visit her online at aaliyamj.com and follow her at @aaliyamj.

Awards

  • Book Concierge List

    National Public Radio (NPR)

  • RISE: A Feminist Book Project Booklist

    American Library Association (ALA)

  • Best Children's Books of the Year

    Bank Street College of Education

  • Capitol Choices

    Capitol Choices

  • Monarch Award

    Association of Illinois School Library Educators

  • MISelf in Books

    Michigan Association of School Librarians

  • Star of the North Award Nominee

    Minnesota Youth Reading Award

Reviews

  • * "This is a book that offers great representation and inspires readers to accept everyone just the way they are. A timely story that breaks down many stereotypes and negative feelings about hijabs. A perfect selection to reinforce religious freedoms and self-expression."

    - School Library Journal
  • * "[A] warmhearted tribute to beauty in diversity and self-expression. Cheerful, rhyming verses complement a parade of confident women athletes, doctors, artists, and students, each donning a hijab as colorful and unique as the women themselves."

    - Foreword Reviews
  • "A generous invitation by both author and illustrator to young Muslim girls to witness a variety of ways and reasons women wear hijabs. . . Cheerful, colorful images complement the affirming tone and message of this timely book."

    - Booklist
  • "A window into the world of a Muslim-American girl and the diverse women in her family and community. . . Informative and genuine, the book offers much to learn about the settings and situations of hijab."

    - Kirkus Reviews
  • "Matter-of-fact approach accomplishes what it sets out to do: celebrate the diversity and autonomy of contemporary Muslim women."

    - Publishers Weekly

Hardcover

  • ISBN 9781620147924
  • Price $19.95
  • Publication Date Feb 05, 2019
  • Trim Size 8 × 10 in
  • Weight 0.8125 lbs
  • Page Count 32
  • Interests

  • Imprint Lee & Low Books
  • Audience Children
  • BISAC Category 1 JUV / Religious / Muslim
  • BISAC Category 2 JUV / Girls & Women
  • BISAC Category 3 JUV / Imagination & Play
  • Themes Childhood Experiences and Memories, Cultural Diversity, Diversity, Families, Fiction, Identity / Self Esteem / Confidence, Imagination, Multiple Ethnicities Represented, Muslim, Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Religion / Spiritual, Religious Diversity, Social & Emotional Learning, Southwest Asian / North African / South Asian
  • Reading Levels

  • Age Range Ages 4 - 8
  • Grade Range Grades PreK - 3
  • Guided Reading K
  • DRA 20
  • Interest Level Grades PreK - 5
  • Lexile Code AD
  • Lexile Level 710
  • Reading Level 2
  • Bebop Reading Early Fluent
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