📚 Ashura Apartments 📚
Author: Jenny Molendyk Divleli
Illustrator: Nadia Bazargan
Publisher: Karavan Kids
Age: 4-8
Islamic Content: Muslim setting
Concerns: None
Summary:
Esat is looking forward to chocolate cake his grandma is going to bake but they are out of cocoa. He goes knocking on a neighbour’s door to find some, but he is out of luck. The neighbour shares another treat with him instead. Before long he knocks on every neighbours’ door but finds no cocoa but he has his hands full of other goodies to take home. Grandma knows the perfect solution.
Review:
This book was a refreshing treat, no pun intended. The story is set in Turkiye. It really highlights the diversity of people living in one apartment complex and this special dish that brings everyone’s ingedients together. I especially related to the culture of asking your neighbour for random ingredients missing from your recipe list. With my experience living in the west for 26 years, most of which I have spent in an apartment, neighbour friendships are nearly non existent. This book does not include any Islam other than hijab on a couple of characters. Personally, I really enjoyed this book.
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