1. Lailah’s Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story by Reem Faruqi
This is a beautiful story about a girl who celebrates Ramadan, but feels left out because she doesn’t have her lunchbox during lunch like her other classmates, since she’s fasting. I love all of the emotions in this story, as it reminded me of when I attended public elementary school, and was the only Muslim in my classroom. I also recommend that parents gift this book to teachers if their young child attends a non-Islamic school, so the teacher can read it to the students.
There are many others on the topics of Eid and Ramadan. A problem for Muslim authors is that people don’t buy their books and they go out of print. I’ve been buying books since the 1980s for my kids, for mosque and Islamic school libraries, and now for my grandchildren. There have been some good and poor books printed over the years. But a continual problem is not enough consumers to support the book market. Teen fiction for Muslim kids is probably the hardest niche to market