Muhammad, I., & Ali, S. K. (2020). The proudest blue: A story of hijab and family. Findaway World, LLC.
Genre: Picture Book Fiction
Faizah admires Asiya's, her sister, Hijab; a bright blue scarf she wears for her first day of school. On the first day of school, some kids are curious about what Asiya is wearing. Some kids are bullies and laugh at Asiya for her hijab, threatening to pull it off of her head. Faizah is offended on behalf of Asiya, but she isn't bothered so Faizah walks it off. In class, Faizah draws a picture of herself and Asiya wearing a blue hijab and can't wait to go home to show her.
This book shows religious diversity. Faizah and her family are Muslim and Asiya is at the age where she wears a hijab every day. In the author's note, Ibtahaj Muhammad writes that she writes this book from her own experiences as a practicing hijabi. Many phrases from the bullies are words that she heard in her life and wrote the book as an inspiration to young Muslim girls.
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