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The Gift from Allah and three other stories

Stories for the Girls

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The Gift from Allah and three other stories

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About the author

Claire Jobert, writer and illustrator, was born in Paris in May 1961. She was brought up in a Christian family. She converted to Islam at the age of nineteen and immigrated to Iran when she got married.

Claire Joubert has a bachelor's degree in educational sciences.

Through four short stories, this picture book talks about social interaction with family and around friends with different socio-economic backgrounds.

"As soon as winter began, I prayed for a snow day and hoped that school would be closed. A snow day in winter feels like a special gift from Allah. However, an elderly lady in our neighbourhood told my mother, "I hope it doesn't snow this year." That evening, I took some soup to her and gently asked her to take her wish back. She explained, "If it snows..."

Paperback   |   Ages 4-8   |   20 pages
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