An estimated 500 to 800 million Muslim women wear hijabs worldwide. And while the hijab has been featured more prominently in children's picture books over the past several years, many of those picture books feature young girls as the primary subject. Here, readers are taking on the vantage point of a child, admiring their mother and all the positive ways her hijab contributes to her full self. It is a unique and tender approach to writing about the hijab.
For the millions of children for whom this book is a mirror into their own family (i.e. their own mother wears a hijab) there is now finally a book they can share with their mom - unique to them - during bedtime, reading time, and for special moments like mother's day.
This book is both kid-friendly and accessible (rhyming text and bold art) and super poignant (mixed media and layered art combine with metaphorical text for something truly poetic and special).