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Great for the Holidays and Any Days

The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi

December 6, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I don’t think I saw The House Without Lights: A glowing celebration of joy, warmth, and home by Reem Faruqi and illustrated by Nadia Alam on my online reading site. If I had, I didn’t remember seeing and/or saving it. But one day I had an email that said, “Here is a book we are promoting and we hope you consider reading it.” I said, “Why not?” and I found an online copy. That is not where this book journey ends though. I will be […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Religion Tagged With: celebrations, community, decorations, dwelling, family, Fasts and Feasts, holidays, Home, Muslim, Muslim families, Nadia Alam, Reem Faruqi

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:582 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History, Religion · Tags: celebrations, community, decorations, dwelling, family, Fasts and Feasts, holidays, Home, Muslim, Muslim families, Nadia Alam, Reem Faruqi ·
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Something sweet

On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue: How Milton Hershey Bought Milk Chocolate to America by Tziporah Cohen

Milloo's Mind: the Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women's Education by Reem Faruqi

October 10, 2023 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

This is the first year I do not have a nephew in school. I have three cousins who are still going (one who is a junior or senior in high school, one almost in high school and one almost (or is) junior high), but it is not the same. Do I feel old? A little, but because I am mostly young at heart, and I can read picture books, I can still think I am that kid reading 100 books for summer reading challenges and […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: chocolate, Education, Hoda Hadadi, Maryam Faruqi, Milton Hershey, Reem Faruqi, Steven Salerno, Tziporah Cohen

BlackRaven's CBR15 Review No:732 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: chocolate, Education, Hoda Hadadi, Maryam Faruqi, Milton Hershey, Reem Faruqi, Steven Salerno, Tziporah Cohen ·
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A Special kind of lunch

Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi

August 18, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Lailah is in a new school in a new country. She misses her old friends, friends who were old enough last year to partake in the fasting of Ramadan. This year, she is deemed old enough by her mother, and wishes she could share her concerns and excitement with those friends. But here at the new school, she is shy and worried no one will understand the importance of this honor. She worries that people will make fun of her and feel sorry when she […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History Tagged With: Emotions & Feelings, family, friends, Lea Lyon, Ramadan, Reem Faruqi, Religion, school, United States - Middle Eastern & Arab American

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:233 · Genres: Children's Books, Cooking/Food, Fiction, History · Tags: Emotions & Feelings, family, friends, Lea Lyon, Ramadan, Reem Faruqi, Religion, school, United States - Middle Eastern & Arab American ·
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