With my own children way past sharing such titles with me, and my own knowledge now quite poor, I have mostly relied on recommendations from my Twitter friends up until now to guide my acquisitions. is a celebration of Muslim women and gently approaches the religious reasons for wearing a hijab in a light-hearted way for children. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Each time the rationale gets more outrageous: hide the eyes on the back of your head, prevent you from getting nits, etc. Back to the story, Noor starts by asking her sister, the coolest hijabi she knows, if she wears it to hide her snacks in, or hide her big ears, but Affa brushes her off with a, "not now, Noor" and she is off to the next family member to ask.

It seems to be a common approach lately, and I wish that more picture books about hijab would clearly articulate that the commandment to cover is in the Quran.The book articulates that we are Muslim and that hijab defines us, which I love, it just seems that while the rest of the book is incredibly direct and funny, the answer is fuzzy and lyrical. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Just as Noor is ready to give up on her quest, her Ammu arrives home and knows just the thing to say. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Bright, colourful and highly engaging, this is a book I could not wait to share with both my class and in my little lunchtime Story Club, where it proved a huge hit this week. Born and raised in Newcastle Upon Tyne and currently residing in Birmingham, Farhana Islam is a Primary School Teacher with a passion for telling stories and empowering diverse voices. This instructive board book opens with the simple statement that many religious people wear head coverings to show their love of God. Yes I know there is a family tree on the inside cover, but at story time, it is cumbersome to flip back and forth. She briefly worked as product designer in Japan and Indonesia before moving to the United States to study children's book illustration.For those who are Muslim, it shows authentic representation of hijabis and for those who are not, it answers the types of questions that naturally curious children will have such as whether hair coverings are worn to hide big ears or secret snack stashes to feast upon at a later time. Using a vibrant colour palette of reds, yellows and purples, the beautiful artwork is full of emotion and movement. The book is beautifully illustrated, the size is great to be shared, the text funny, the voice playful,the joy contagious but the answer for me, just missed the mark, not by a lot, but by enough that I think an adult would need to supplement the overall takeaway message. Farhana is a Birmingham based primary school teacher turned author with a passion for empowering diverse voices through story-telling. This is such an important book to help children to understand more about other cultures and beliefs and it is great to see picture books representing everybody in our community.

The book starts with Noor identifying what her Ammu's hijab is and isn't, how she wears it and how she doesn't.This heart-warming yet funny tale is a celebration of Muslim women, curious children, and family love. The illustrations are cute, the character designs are great, and I'm really excited for kids to be able to feel represented by the media they consume. It is by no means wrong, it just at the end presents what hijab means, the benefits of wearing it, and one's personal feelings toward it, while skirting the answer the girl keeps asking of why? Inspired by the experiences of Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad, this is a beautiful and powerful story about the bond shared between siblings and being proud of yourself and your beliefs.

Noor loves her mum, and all the other hijabi women in her family, but wonders why do they wear headscarves?

Imagine Me Stories is an award winning monthly subscription box that aims to inspire all children by providing quality black children's literature and empowering black history activities. Nabila Adani lives in Jakarta Indonesia and enjoys illustrating different cultures around the world.