Saadia Faruqi

Excited for spring break, third-graders Marya, Hanna, and Alexa plan their visit to Skye Adventure Park, determined to experience all the park has to offer, but when Marya becomes determined to beat Alexa on the park's obstacle course she loses sight of everything else the park has to offer.

Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her. "La Srta. Alex ha asignado a la clase de Yasmin la tarea de escribir sobre sus héroes y heroínas. A Yasmin le encanta escribir, pero no sabe qué persona elegir. Después de descartar muchas ideas, ¿podría ser que el héroe o heroína de Yasmin hubiera estado junto a ella todo el tiempo"-- Provided by publisher....

After carefully planning a visit with Aly and Emma, Yasmin is disappointed to see that they want to play on their own, but a creative compromise may make everyone happy. "Yasmin sabe exactamente a qué quiere jugar cuando Ali y Emma vengan su casa. ¡Pero sus amigos tienen sus propias ideas! ¿Se le ocurrirá a Yasmin algún plan que incluya las ideas de todos?

Told in two voices, eleven-year-olds Mimi, who is visiting her wealthy grandparents in Karachi, Pakistan, for the first time and Sakina, daughter of the grandparents' cook, form an unexpected friendship.-- Provided by Publisher.

With her eighth birthday coming up, Marya claims she is having an epic henna party, so now she must convince her family to make it happen and work to pull it off, but everything Marya does seems to end in disaster.

Ali Tahir loses something important at the market-his brother! Who's hungry? Ali, his grandfather, and little brother Fateh head to the South Asian market to stock up on snacks. So much to see! But what Ali can't see is Fateh.… Where did he go? Will Ali's quick thinking save the day? Ali the Great, by Yasmin author Saadia Faruqi, is a charming chapter book series about Pakistani American second grader Ali Tahir. Ali's big ideas will resonate with...

When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.

Unsure about her artistic skills, second-grader Yasmin is not looking forward to the art competition at school--but with the support and encouragement of her family she produces a prize-winning painting.

Yasmin's class is going on a field trip to the zoo, and Yasmin is thrilled when she is chosen to help feed the monkeys; but when she trips and spills their food both she and the monkeys are upset--until she remembers that she has fruit in her lunch bag to share with her new "friends."

Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program, but getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task.