Ramadan Moon

Words By: Na'ima B Robert

Pictures By: Shirin Adl

“As I look out at the night sky, my smile is bittersweet. Goodbye, great month of mercy, hope to see you soon. Please hurry back, my silver friend, my beautiful Ramadan moon”⠀

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This book beautifully explains the significance of Ramadan and Eid. The joy of this celebration just spills from the pages and you can feel the emotions. I understand a lot more about this celebration after reading this book.⠀

I Love Me

Words By: Sally Morgan

Pictures By: Ambelin Kwaymullina

“I love me! I love my eyes. I love my nose. I love the way my curly hair grows. Tap, tap, tap I love the way my hands clap.”

This book is one of my all time favourite authors and is illustrated by Sally Morgan's daughter Ambelin. This book has such a beautiful message of self love and the best part is that the story line is not driven by the characters skin colour or ethnicity. More books need to be like this and this one should be on every child’s bookshelf.

Amazing

Words and Pictures By: Steve Antony

“We do everything together, Zibbo and me... We laugh. We sing. We learn. We sail. We dance. We snack. We draw. We snooze.”⠀

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Amazing is a book about a boy and all the fun he has with his pet dragon. Such a great read but the most unique thing about this book is that the main character’s wheelchair is completely irrelevant to the story. It is so hard to find a book that is effortlessly inclusive even in this day and age. Another character has a hearing aid and the book is full of beautiful diverse faces. I love a good “issue” based book but this one teaches that no one should be defined by their ability, race or gender and this book needs to be on every bookshelf in every child care facility, school and home.⠀

I have read up on Steve Antony and his inspiration for the book came from his time as a Student Support Worker supporting children with additional needs which is also what I do for work so I can definitely relate to this book and it’s beautiful unspoken message.⠀