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Mrs. Jawaher and Her Cats – Dahnoun Series $ 11.00Add to cart7 – 9 years
Mrs. Jawaher’s only grandson, 5 year old Mansour, lives abroad with his family.
No matter how hard Mrs. Jawaher tries, she finds it hard to connect with Mansour via the internet. Mansour is always busy with his toys and only responds with a quick hello before resuming his activities.
Thanks to a surprise happening, Mansour bonds with his Grandma and both look forward to the upcoming visit of the family to their home country. A fun story about a long distance relationship between a Grandma and her only grandson. It may be the story of many grandmas today.
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What Happened to My Brother Ramez? – Dahnoun Series $ 11.00Add to cart7 – 9 years
All is well in Aloush’s Life until Deema shows up and turns his life upside down.
Aloush tries hard to get rid of this meddlesome person who took his brother away from him. Will Aloush feelings towards Deema change?
A hilarious story that shows how Aloush tries to deal with his mixed feelings towards his big brother’s fiancé.
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Sleep Zaina Sleep $ 9.35Add to cart5 – 7 years
Zaina does not like to go to bed on her own. To make her mother stay with her she finds one excuse after another.
“Sleep Zaina Sleep” is a story about the vivid imagination of kids and the magic of dreams that can sometimes transform everyday objects into scary things. We may wonder, be scared or amazed at our dreams but it is comforting and reassuring to know that all wondrous things are in dreams.
This story comes with a lovely song
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A Window in My Mouth $ 7.70Add to cart5 – 7 years
Gaith teases his sister Salam when she loses her two front teeth.
He makes fun of the window in her mouth and the fact that she can’t pronounce certain letters correctly.
Ghaith is proud of his strong white teeth that can chew and munch all kinds of food; but what will happen when it is Ghaith’s turn to lose his front teeth?
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The Hard to Please Horse – Best Friend Series $ 7.70Add to cart5 – 7 years
The young horse Ashhab is a dreamer. He tries out different jobs and finally stumbles on the right one while helping a circus clown put his act together.
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Al Ghoul $ 9.35Add to cart5 – 7 years
When Hassan decides to face the long feared Ghoul living on top of the mountain, he discovers that the Ghoul is just as terrified of people as they are of him.
Hassan and Ghoul realize that although they are different from each other they can still be friends.
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Mystery of the Falcon’s Eye $ 11.00Add to cart11+ years
17-year-old Ziad who lives in Qalandia refugee camp finds himself the sole bread winner of his family after his activist father gets arrested and becomes an administrative prisoner.
We first meet Ziad while he’s selling hot tea to a long line of people waiting in their cars to cross the checkpoint. Ziad lives with his great grandmother, mother, sister and younger brother. His great Grandma is senile and keeps repeating stories of the past but there is one story – in particular- that never changes. It is the story of the family’s lost gold left in their village – Lifta – when they were forced to flee during the war.
It is a story about yearning to ‘return’ to the ancestral village his people were forced to leave and not allowed to return.
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The Amazing Card $ 7.70Add to cart5 – 7 years
Before Marwan’s parents go on a trip, his Dad tells him that he can take anything he needs- within reason- from Uncle Farid’s shop in the neighborhood and from Uncle Hassan’s shop at school without having to pay.
Will Marwan understand what his father means by “within reason”? and what is the secret of the amazing card?
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Mr. Policeman – Nursery Rhymes 2 $ 6.16Add to cart0 – 3 years
The rhymes in Mr. Policeman book deal with jobs and occupations. Some may not be familiar to the city child of today, like the buggy driver, the shoeshine boy but others, like the carpenter, doctor and policeman are. The rhymes are fun to sing along and connect children to their roots.
Titles of the rhymes in this books are:
- Mr. Policeman
- This is What He Does
- The Tomato Seller
- The Bread Seller
- Oh Stonemason …
- The Barber
- Abu Mahmoud
- The Shoeshine Boy
- My Grandfather is a Farmer
- Today is My Birthday
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Saadeh the Monkey – Nursery Rhymes 2 $ 6.16Add to cart0 – 3 years
These traditional nonsense rhymes combine familiar and strange out of context elements and situations as well as made-up words that have rhythm. They also deal with serious issues that reflect fears and situations in the culture. Fear of wild animals that prey on their livestock. Caring for animals.
Waiting for loved ones to come back from their travels.
Titles of the Rhymes in Saadeh the Monkey book are:
- Ree Ree Reeta
- Tangerine Tangerine
- Grandpa’s Bald Head
- Saadah The Monkey
- Bolbol Balabel
- Under The Chair
- This Old Man
- Abdul Samad
- Tiki Tiki Sambo
- Walking Camel
- Sarandah Ya Sarandah
- Suzzaneh
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Us Three Together – Nursery Rhymes 2 $ 6.16Add to cart0 – 3 years
Counting games and Rhymes are common among children in many cultures. The Us Three Together book has many traditional counting rhymes that relate to basic numeracy.
It can help children learn to count to 10 or just have fun with numbers. Some of the rhymes were used as counting out games where children would chant the rhyme pointing at each child in turn and when the rhyme ended the child pointed at would be counted out of the game.
Titles of the Rhymes in this book are:
- I Have an Egg
- The Bear Got Up to Dance
- Seven Camels
- Us Three Together
- Count to Six
- Hakara Bakara
- The Fox
- How Much Do I Love You?
- Oh Flower
- Two Rabbits
- Let’s Count to 10
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Against the Tide $ 11.00Add to cart11+ years
After the tragic death of her elder brother, and an unfortunate accident that leaves her father paralyzed and bound to his wheelchair, Yusra’s family is forced to beg for handouts from their neighbors. Between her family’s struggles and the restrictions of life in occupied Palestine, Yusra feels like the walls are closing in on her.
Then she has an idea: she decides to fix up her father’s fishing boat and take up his trade to become the first and only fisher woman in Gaza.
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Ka’ak – Best Friend Series $ 7.70Add to cart3 – 5 years
While Ali is selling “Ka’ak”, Simsem the cat jumps through a “Ka’ak” that gets stuck around its neck.
An exciting chase follows where Simsem runs under, over, beside, between different things in the souk and the story ends with a contrite Simsem helping Ali sell his ka’ak.
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Karma’s Rabbit – Best friend Series $ 7.70Add to cart3 – 5 years
While Karma is thinking of a name for her pet rabbit, it runs away from her. Each page finds the rabbit hiding in a different place.
Karma starts to look for the runaway bunny and the young reader is encouraged to join in the search.
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Nashma and Jassem – Best Friend Series $ 7.70Add to cart3 – 5 years
The young camel Jassem runs away from his friend Nashma to explore the city he has heard so much about.
The little camel faces a lot of problems in the city and ends up sad and lonely in the zoo.
The story ends on a happy note with Nashma and Jassem reunited.
