Lailah's lunchbox: a ramadan story - reem faruqi

*2019 Daybreak Childrens Picture Book Award -- Recognizing Muslim Womens Contributions to Literature* *Notable Social Studies Trade Book For Young People 2016, a cooperative Project of the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Childrens Book Council* *Featured Book of the Month, Anti-Defamation League* *American Library Association Notable Book for Children 2016* * Skipping Stones Honor 2016* *International Literacy Association Choices Reading List* Lailah is in a new school in a new country, thousands of miles from her old home, and missing her old friends.

When Ramadan begins, she is excited that she is finally old enough to participate in the fasting but worried that her classmates wont understand why she doesnt join them in the lunchroom.