Children's Book Suggestions | Middle Eastern & North African Heritage Month 2026

Celebrate Middle Eastern & North African Heritage (MENA) Month with these books published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our MENA lists from 2025 and 2024 (picture books and chapter books) or browse the library catalog for books about the Middle East, Arab culture, Muslims, and specific regions (like Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Palestine).

Updated January 30, 2026
LINCC (Libraries in Clackamas County) Oregon City Public Library
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Wish I Was a Baller
Shah, Amar
Paper Book
Wish I Was a Baller is part New Kid, part The Tryout, and part Dragon Hoops! Amar Shah has some story to tell! In 1995, he was a fourteen-year-old aspiring sports journalist (and basketball superfan) angling to get into an Orlando Magic team practice. He did, and it...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)


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