Children

Saniyasnain Khan

Colourful and Child-friendly

Sequel to the hugely popular Quran Stories for Kids

Mardijah Aldrich Tarantino

This is a collection of 18 stories from the life of the Prophet (s.a.w). Not only do they highlight the main stations of his life-span – from orphaned childhood to Prophet of God and beloved leader of the Muslim ummah – but also introduce the basic teachings of Islam, to which he called and invited all mankind.

Rae Norridge

What happens when you start to think you are too big for your cosy home? Finding a new place to live isn’t easy, and sometimes we aren’t grateful for what we have, until we no longer have it. Hilmy the Hippo finds out the hard way, with some help from his friends in this charming story with a twist in the tail.

Rae Norridge

Don’t we like to look in the mirror? But sometimes some of us think too much about our appearances. In this new adventure Hilmy finds himself in the forest where he sees his reflection for the first time. Giant, the wise elephant, is on hand to teach Hilmy the truth about being vain.

Recommended for 5–7 year olds

Saniyasnain Khan

Contents:

Nursed In the Desert

Rebuilding Kaabah

In The Cave of Hira

The Night Journey

The Prophet and the Blind Man

The Spider and the Web

The Constitution of Medina

Daughters of the Prophet

Idries Shah

Fatima’s life is best with what seems to be a disasters. Her journey leads her from Morocco to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Turkey and finally, to China that she realizes that what seemed at the time to be really unfortunate events were an integral part of her eventual fulfilment.

This Teaching-Story is well known in Greek folklore, but this version is attributed to Sheikh Mohamed Jamaludin of Adrianople (modern day Edirne) in Turkey who died in 1750. It was first published by Idries Shah in 1967 in his classic work, Tales of the Dervish, Teaching-Stories of Sufi Masters over the past thousand years.

In the Sufi tradition there is a continuum between the children’s story, the entertainment or folklore story, and the instructional of instrumental story. A story can help children deal with difficult situations and give them something to hold on to. It can at the same time, stimulate a deeper understanding in adults.

For more than 30 years, Idries Shah collected such stories and made them available to contemporary Western culture where psychologists and educators commend them for their flexibility and insights in people for all ages.

Rizwana Qamaruddin

A wonderful account of the sense of smell given to us by Allah, which can be explored endlessly with young children through everyday smells and fragrances, encouraging them to give thanks to our Creator.

Recommended for Pre-schoolers

Yusuf Islam

“…from day one, most children are mechanically programmed to believe that ‘A’, without question, everlastingly stands for ‘Apple’. The primal etchings on the minds of such innocent beings and the attention teachers give to certain things has a long lasting influence on a person’s perception of the world. The ‘apple’ symbolizes everything that is delicious: the love, colour and taste of this world (dunya) and the gut instinct to satisfy our tummies… My intention… was to teach my daughter that – before all else – ‘Alif’ (as ‘A’ is pronounced in Arabic) is for Allah, and that everything else that we love and appreciate in this earthly life, originates from His Divine Will and grace – apples and all.” – Yusuf Islam

Through the framework of the Arabic Alphabet, the reader – be they child or adult – is introduced or reminded about the fundamental aspects of Islam, from Allah the One, to Jannah the Garden of Paradise etc. This book is complemented by beautiful graphics and stunning photography.

Part of the Islam and Science for Kids series by the Islamic Foundation, this book aims at producing books for producing books for familiarising young Muslim children with Science and Allah’s greatness about subjects they are learning at school. Apart from satisfying children’s natural curiosity to know about things around them, the books in the series inculcate in them a sense of the sacred and gratefulness for Allah for his bounties and mercy for man.