Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. This pacey illustrated chapter book for confident young readers highlights the importance of friendship and remaining true to yourself. Here are some brilliant books for younger children starring all sorts of spies – super, slick and just plain silly. The book was really good, I had a great experience on how Omar was strong and had faith in himself and was accepting what his parents decided for him and his family, he knew that his parents were doing it for him and his families good…….

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Omar's family, though facing discrimination, do not turn bitter and are there to extend a helping hand to the people who don't like them because of their ethnicity, and it gives the message that kindness can win over the hearts of people.

And when Omar and bully Daniel get stranded on a school trip in London, Omar realises that Danny isn't so tough after all.

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet | BookTrust

The first book in the exciting middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination—now in paperback!Planet Omarhas all of the everyday life family drama and silly humour of Tom Gates and Sam Wu, and it's wonderful to read a funny book for kids featuring a Muslim family. The class bully, Daniel Green, makes Omar miserable at school and threatens to kick him out of the country. At school, Omar quickly makes friends with a red-haired kid named Charlie, and with his easy-going temperament and the fact that he's bright, Omar becomes quite popular in his class. Omar has a huge imagination that helps him get through difficult situations, envisioning, for instance, “a better way to get to school…on a SUPER-Awesome, Magnificent DRAGON. Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet by Zanib Mian is a hilariously fun storybook for KS2 children.

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A school trip to the Science Museum sees the two of them lost in London, but Omar knows just what to do and in the process realises that maybe he'd got Daniel wrong. Omar and his family, in their foibles and actions guided by Islamic principles, are truly delightful. Juggling many potential suspects, Omar and his friends need to become super spies to find the culprit and get the money back.Zanib Mian's books have featured on BBC's Cbeebies Bedtime Stories and The Guardian for their contribution to diversity in children's literature. All we need to do is to keep an open mind and heart and then it will be easy to see that goodness and appreciate each person for their uniqueness. The three way chats, in which they are joined by other animals, about web spinning, themselves, other humans—are as often informative as amusing, and the whole tenor of appealing wit and pathos will make fine entertainment for reading aloud, too. Omar worries about a lot of things, especially “walking into a brand-new classroom with everyone watching and a teacher who might or might not be an alien zombie.