Month: May 2020

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I Like Animals… What Jobs are There?

I Like Animals… What Jobs are There?
by Steve Martin (Author) and Roberto Blefari (Illustrator)

Booktalk: What do you want to do when you grow up? Children who love animals can find out all about potential future careers, from veterinarian to zookeeper to pet portrait artist, as they’re taken through a “day in the life” of 25 different animal workers.

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It’s STEM Friday! (STEM is Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

The Naturally Creative Workshop is free to all June 21-July 17, 2020.
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Once Upon an Eid

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Once Upon an Eid: Stories of Hope and Joy by 15 Muslim Voices
by S. K. Ali (Editor), Aisha Saeed (Editor) and Sara Alfageeh (Illustrator)

Booktalk: A short story collection by and about Muslims writing all about the most joyful holiday of the year: Eid! The next Eid-ul-Fitr is May 23.

Snippet: I held back a groan.

“I just want Hawa to be proud of all the parts of who she is.” Mom looked hard at me. “You are Black American and Mandinka. Both are strong cultures. Love all of you, Hawa.”

Mom turned back to her phone, squaring her shoulders and saying the words on her app to herself now.

It was hard to love the idea of spending my Eid with Dad’s family from Guinea instead of spending it with my best friends, Sanaa and Khalilah. I would miss the park where almost all of Philly’s Black American Muslims gathered each Eid to celebrate in their best clothes.

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The Naturally Creative Workshop is free to all June 21-July 17, 2020.
Copyright © 2020 Anastasia Suen All Rights Reserved.