ArabKidLitNow recommends Amina Alheshemi and Maya Fidawi’s Etisalat-winning picture book, Seventh Day Sheep (خروف اليوم السابع).
Awards: Winner of the Etisalat Children Literature Award 2017, illustrations
Author: Amina Alhashemi
Illustrator: Maya Fidawi
Publisher:Yanbow Al Kitab
Contact: info@arablit.org
Buy in Arabic: خروف اليوم السابع
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This beautiful, lyrical, joyful story of new birth — and the wary jealousy of the cats who already live in the household — is a visual delight. It tells the story of the first seven days of a baby’s life, and the traditional “aqiqah” party held on the seventh day.
Illustrated by acclaimed artist Maya Fidawi, this book won the 2017 Etisalat Prize for Arabic children’s literature in the “illustrations” category.
Sample from the book:
Why was Grandpa whispering in Alia’s right ear?
The cats exchanged curious looks!
“Isn’t it rude to whisper?”
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Grandma understood the cats’ confusion
and reassured them, saying:
“Grandpa whispers to Alia
because that’s how we greet newborns!”
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