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

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

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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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