The second book in a series celebrating hijab, family and kindness following The Proudest Blue.
121The highly-anticipated sequel to The Proudest Blue; a New York Times Bestseller which explores sisterhood, and kindness, from trailblazer and Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad.
I want a kind world. A world where kindness passes from one to another.
When Faizah's teacher asks her class to imagine what kind of world they want to live in Faizah imagines a world where everyone is kind to one another, and tries to create that world in the school playground. But what Faizah wants most is be like her big sister, Asiya. Will Faizah's classmates repay her kindness and find a way for her to match Asiya in time for school photo day?
An important and uplifting story about celebrating each other's differences and similarities.
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Creators
Ibtihaj Muhammad is a fencer and the first Muslim American woman in hijab to compete and to win a medal for the United States in the Olympic Games. An activist, speaker and entrepreneur, Ibtihaj has written a memoir, Proud, and inspired the first hijabi Barbie in her likeness.
S. K. Ali is the award-winning author of Saints and Misfits and Love from A to Z and the coeditor of an upcoming Eid anthology. She and her sister visited hijab shops every year before the first day of school to choose their proudest colours.
Hatem Aly is the illustrator of many books, including the Newbery Honor Book The Inquisitor's Tale. Hatem was born in Egypt, and currently lives in Canada with his wife, son and their many pets.
Reviews
a gorgeously warm and inclusive story, with an adorable and bubbly heroine at its heart
The Bookseller
A kind world is one where there is always a friend nearby to help each other – and let them share stories of how a friend has helped them or vice versa, to emphasise the point that kindnesses can be small, almost unnoticeable deeds and can permeate every minute of the day. Because… kindness is not restricted or limited by anything. It is universal.
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