Children's Book Suggestions | Middle Eastern & North African Heritage Month 2025

Celebrate Middle Eastern & North African Heritage Month with these books featuring a variety of the region's cultures. To find more books, view last year's picture book and chapter book lists.

Updated March 14, 2025
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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Looking for the Eid moon
Abaza, Sahtinay
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

My olive tree
Elbayya, Hazar
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Memory garden
Ghahremani, Zohreh
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

The boldest white : a story of hijab and community
Muhammad, Ibtihaj
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Drawn onward
Nayeri, Daniel
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

A map for Falasteen
Odeh, Maysa
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Sister friend
Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Sami's special gift : an Eid al-adha story
Yuksel, M. O.
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

The month of Ramadan
Inda Ahmad Zahri
Paper Book

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

Salma joins the team
Ramadan, Ahmad Danny
Paper Book

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Safiyyah's war
Khan, Hiba Noor
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

The queen of Ocean Parkway
Tash, Sarvenaz
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall
Warga, Jasmine
Paper Book

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Shiny misfits
Zayid, Maysoon
Paper Book

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)

Daughters of the lamp
Lewers, Nedda
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Kareem between
Safadi, Shifa Saltagi
Paper Book

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Almost sunset
Algarmi, Wahab
Paper Book

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

Rumi : poet of joy and love
Kheiriyeh, Rashin
Paper Book

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)


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