The Night Before Eid

Name: The Night Before Eid
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SKU: 9780316602037
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A Muslim Family Story

By Aya Khalil

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"A beautiful story of joy, tradition, and family." Kirkus Reviews, starred review Celebrate the end of Ramadan with this luminous Muslim family story about faith, history, and delicious foods. On the night before Eid, it's finally time to make special sweet treats: Teita's famous ka'ak. Zain... Read More

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The Night Before Eid

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Celebrate the end of Ramadan with this luminous Muslim family story about faith, history, and delicious foods.

Description

"A beautiful story of joy, tradition, and family." Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Celebrate the end of Ramadan with this luminous Muslim family story about faith, history, and delicious foods.

On the night before Eid, it's finally time to make special sweet treats: Teita's famous ka'ak. Zain eagerly unpacks the ingredients from his grandmother's bulky suitcase: ghee from Khalo Karim, dates from Amo Girgis, and honey from Tant Tayseer — precious flavours all the way from Egypt.

Together with Mama and Teita, Zain follows his family's recipe and brings to life Eid songs and prayers, pharaonic history, and the melodies and tastes of his Egyptian heritage. This Muslim holiday story, featuring a delicious ka'ak recipe, is a satisfying addition to a joyful and expansive Eid.

A CCBC Children's Choice Best Book of the Year

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780316602037

Publisher: Little, Brown & Company

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers

Contributors:

Illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 214.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 197g

Pages: 40

Collections

Aya Khalil Children's Books Children's Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Young Adult

About the Author

Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story and The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story, which is an NCTE's Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book and the winner of the Arab American Book Award, among other honors. Aya holds a master's degree in education and works as a freelance journalist, whose articles have been featured in The Huffington Post and Brit & Co., among other publications. She immigrated from Egypt to the United States when she was young and currently lives in the Midwest. Aya invites you to visit her online at ayakhalil.com

Rashin Kheiriyeh was born in Khorramshahr, Iran. She received a PhD in illustration and an MFA in graphic design from Alzahra University in Tehran. She has published over one hundred books and created illustrations for The New Yorker and The New York Times. Rashin received the 2021 Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picture Book of the Year Award and was a 2017 Maurice Sendak Fellow. She won the New Horizon Award at the Bologna Book Fair. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and lives in Washington, DC. Rashin invites you to visit her online at rashinart.com

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