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	Once Upon an Eid by S.K. Ali (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Aisha Saeed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Randa Abdel-Fattah 4.23 avg rating — 4,446 ratings — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Your Name Is a Song by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author), Luisa Uribe (Illustrator) 4.55 avg rating — 2,189 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mommy's Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author), Ebony Glenn (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.40 avg rating — 1,640 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abdul's Story by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author), Tiffany Rose (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.41 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grounded by Aisha Saeed (Goodreads Author), Huda Al-Marashi, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 635 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salat in Secret by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author), Hatem Aly (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.54 avg rating — 388 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author), Patrick Dougher (Illustrator) 4.51 avg rating — 127 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Friend by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (Goodreads Author), Shahrzad Maydani (Illustrator) 4.12 avg rating — 123 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“My voice shakes, but I now know bravery sometimes comes with shaking.”
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“Made-up names come from dreamers. Their real names were stolen long ago so they dream up new ones. They make a way out of no way, make names out of no names - pull them from the sky!”
― Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, Your Name Is a Song

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