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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Amina Banana and the formula for friendship
Safadi, Shifa Saltagi
Paper Book
Meet Amina Banana! She's a determined and clever third grader, and star of a new chapter book series with a STEM twist. Perfect for readers of The Questioneers and Junie B. Jones! Amina loves bananas, science, and all things yellow! Her family recently arrived from Syria to...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Almost sunset
Algarmi, Wahab
Paper Book
In a contemporary middle grade graphic novel debut that Gene Luen Yang calls "funny, endearing, and an intimate look at a Muslim family," Almost Sunset follows a young Muslim American boy during Ramadan as he finds the balance between his family traditions and his secular middle school life....

Children's Graphic Novel (Grades 3-5)


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