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#whatwerereading for bedtime stories this month!
September 2024
The Shape of Home
Rashin Kheiriyeh
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A young Iranian-American girl bonds with her classmates by sharing the fun shapes of their home countries. The fun and laughter helps make the first day of school in a new country a lot more welcoming.
Bahar the Lucky
Rashin Kheiriyeh
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There’s a gorbeh 😸 on almost every page, but if that’s not enough, plucky lucky Bahar makes a series of lucky guesses that bring great fortune to her struggling family, making us all wonder whether it was luck or something more!
Saffron Ice Cream
Rashin Kheiriyeh
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Young Rashin reminisces about her fun beach trips in Iran. Her new home has a beach too, where she makes a new friend and tries chocolate swirl ice cream, which is *nearly* as good as saffron bástánee 🍦!
This Baby That Baby
✍️ by Cari Best, 🖼️ by Rashin Kheiriyeh
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Adorable, funny, relatable – need I say more? Plus every time we see the hāpu 🐶 on a page, my toddler screams “HĀPUUUUUUU” which is the cutest thing ever.
Rumi: Poet of Joy and Love
Rashin Kheiriyeh
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Rashin Kheiriyeh has been busy this year! She’s written and/or illustrated a bunch of incredible books PLUS won awards for some of these illustrations, including her Rumi picture book I featured a couple of months ago and the last book in this post, This Baby That Baby! To celebrate her successes, we’re sharing #whatwerereading from among her many original books and books she’s illustrated—because not only is she an award-winning illustrator, she has written AND illustrated some amazing Iranian-American picture books that will forever have a place on our #interculturalbookshelf.
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