The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale

Name: The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale
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By Aya Khalil

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The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale by Aya Khalil follows a determined young girl who learns at school that her favourite book has been banned. With a blend of creativity and activism, she organises a bake sale to promote awareness about the magic of banned books. This delightful story captures themes of community, resilience, and the power of literature.
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The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale

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You might enjoy this delightful story if you're interested in themes of community, friendship, and the power of books. It offers an inspiring and engaging narrative for children, highlighting the importance of standing up for what you believe in while celebrating diverse voices and cultures. It's a perfect choice for young readers who enjoy a blend of activism and creativity.

The Great Banned-Books Bake Sale

Kanzi, the immigrant girl of Aya Khalil and Anait Semirdzhyan’s bestselling picture book The Arabic Quilt, has come to feel welcome in her American school—that is, until an entire shelf of books about immigrant kids and kids of color suddenly disappears from the school library.

Description

Upon learning that the books with kids who look like her have been banned by her school district, Kanzi descends into fear and helplessness. But her classmates support her, and together-with their teacher's help-they hatch a plan to hold a bake sale and use the proceeds to buy diverse books to donate to libraries. The event is a big success; the entire school participates, and the local TV station covers it in the evening news. Prodded by her classmates to read the poem she has written, Kanzi starts softly but finds her voice. "You have banned important books, but you can't ban my words," she reads. "Books are for everyone." The crowd chants, "No banned books! No banned books!" and the next week, the ban is reversed.

Aya Khalil appends a note about how The Arabic Quilt was briefly banned from the York, Pennsylvania school system, and the backmatter also includes a recipe for baklawa, the Egyptian pastry that Kanzi prepares for the bake sale.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780884489672

Publisher: Tilbury House,U.S.

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 August 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Tilbury House,U.S.

Illustration: color throughout

Contributors:

Illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 236.0mm

Height: 262.0mm

Weight: 418g

Pages: 32

Collections

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

About the Author

Aya Khalil is an award-winning author of picture books and board books. Aya holds a master's degree in education, whose articles have been published in The Huffington Post, The Christian Science Monitor and Motherly. Aya and her books have been featured in Teen Vogue, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post and more. She was named one of Arab America's Foundation's 40 under 40 in 2021. Anait Semirdzhyan grew up in a multicultural family and lived in several countries with diverse cultures before settling in the Seattle area with her husband and twin daughters. Her illustrations begin as pencil sketches on cold-press watercolor paper. She then inks the outlines, paints with watercolors, and scans the illustrations in order to edit them in Photoshop. She is the illustrator of The Arabic Quilt and other works that can be viewed at www.anaitsart.com.