![]() There are a few books that I go to automatically to teach these kinds of lessons. ![]() ![]() Despite any structural or linguistic issues I might have, this book brought me to tears during the closing poem. Some of the wording seemed awkward, but that could just be a matter of I am not used to reading a story fully in the present tense. We are shown a way to overcome those differences in a nice, productive manner. Without getting too harsh, we are shown one little girl already aware of the cultural differences she will face and another with observable learned prejudices that we know come from her mother. Through the efforts of an understanding teacher and a supportive mother creating a class project to make a quilt with everyone’s name written in Arabic, even those with reservations and learned prejudices come around.Įxpressive color pen-and-ink drawings in a classic illustration style, The Arabic Quilt is a heartfelt examination of a young immigrant’s experiences going to a new school in a new country. Kanzi soon finds herself being picked on for her differences. But some people are harder to please than others. She even puts her own likes and home culture aside, hides them down deep, to better assimilate. ![]() She loves swimming, poetry, and her Teita’s quilt. Kanzi moved with her family from Egypt to America. ![]()
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