Search Books – eng.al-fanoos

A Biscuit for Mama

The little girl wants to surprise her mother, so she decides to make a biscuit, and she works rigorously. But the result is not as she expected. This is a story about the children's initiative, and their expression of their warm feelings towards their parents.

A Biscuit for Mama

A Caterpillar on a Blueberry Tree

On her daily trip on the blueberry tree, the caterpillar experiences different situations that an array of feelings. A story that supports the child in recognizing his/her emotionss, and their physical effects.

A Caterpillar on a Blueberry Tree

A Friend for Mole

A coincidence brings together a mole and a wolf, who find themselves in the same situation: one is afraid of darkness, and the other is afraid of light. The two realize that friendship is their way to overcome fear, and that opposites can complement and strengthen one another. This is a story about support, and about realizing the good in every ←

A Friend for Mole

A Gift for Mother

Abel and Rita (Marjan and Lulu in the Arabic translation) want to give their mother a gift to express their gratitude and love for Mama and each tries to find the just the right gift. Reading this book together prompts adults and children to discuss the thoughtful ways we can express appreciation to family and friends – at any age.

A Gift for Mother

A Monster wrote me a Letter

The boy receives a letter informing him that a monster will visit him. So, he is busy preparing to receive him, not knowing that the monster is worried about his reaction. This is a beautiful and humorous book about the funny paradoxes that prejudice creates, about accepting the other, and celebrating what unites us instead of what separates us.

Book of the month

A Monster wrote me a Letter

A Story of a Dot on a White Notebook

A dot on a white page gets bored and decides to move on the page creating different shapes and characters that construct a story. The play of colors between the black and white backgrounds and the colored dot gives this book a special artistic touch.

A Story of a Dot on a White Notebook

A dot on a white page gets bored and decides to move on the page creating different shapes and characters that construct a story. The play of colors between the black and white backgrounds and the colored dot gives this book a special artistic touch.

A Story of a Dot on a White Notebook

A Very Special Day

Joud feels that his family is hiding something from him and tries to guess what it is until the surprise is revealed on his birthday. A book about love, caring for others, warm family relationships, encouraging children to think and speculate. The book is the result of workshops with writers and illustrators at Al-Fanoos Library.

A Very Special Day

Aladin and the Magic Lamp

Aladdin, a brave and adventurous boy, meets a merchant who asks him to perform a simple task, but this task leads him to adventures that turn his life upside down! This is a rhyming rewritten version of the well-known tale, which gives an initiative and active role to Aladdin and the princess, instead of relying entirely on the element of magic, ←

Aladin and the Magic Lamp

Augustus and His Smile

Augustus the tiger loses his smile and goes out to search for it. He climbs the mountains and dive into the deep seas, crosses the deserts until he discovers that a smile comes from inside.

Augustus and His Smile

Auntie Zarkashat Sells Hats

Auntie Zarkashat is a merry cap-seller. When the monkeys steal her caps, she uses a clever trick to get them back. The story invites a conversation with the child on being clever to get out of trouble.

Auntie Zarkashat Sells Hats

Bear Feels Sick

When Bear gets sick, his animal friends take care of him. They cook soup, prepare tea and think of ways to cheer him up. A story about compassion and friendship.

Bear Feels Sick

Bear says thanks

Bear is bored and wants to throw a party. When he discovers that he has nothing in his cupboards for a feast, he becomes despondent. But his trusty pals come to the rescue, with offerings for the festivities. Bear is thankful for their generosity but still feels sad that he has nothing to make. Once again, his friends help him understand how much ←

Bear says thanks

Bears on Chairs

Four chairs. Four adorable bears. All is well until Big Brown Bear shows up — what a stare! — and wants a seat. Can these clever bears put their heads together (among other things) and make space for one more? With endearing, expressive illustrations and a sustained rhyme in every line, here is a cozy tale that makes it clear there is room for ←

Bears on Chairs

Beauty of the World

Much-loved children’s author Paul Kor describes creation with a paintbrush. From the black chaos to blue skies and water, land, the moon, plants, fish, and colorful animals. Readers are invited to delve into the book, and take part in the creation of a beautiful world.

Beauty of the World

Because

Our story is rather mischievous, with a double message for the child and the parents alike; As we often ask questions that are intend for reprimanding several behaviours of our children. We may know the reasons for such behaviours, such as playing, curiosity, and not complying with boundaries. In many cases, the children themselves may not know ←

Because

Book of Questions

Is the sun the universe's lantern? Are the branches the arms of the trees? These poetic and imaginative questions are posed by two curious children during their journey through nature. The book invites young readers to contemplate the beauty of the world and engage their poetic imagination.

Book of Questions

Burhan, Are You a Coward?

Bprhan is in 1st grade now. Children think he is a coward because he avoids fighting in school or in his neighborhood. Actually, Borhan is strong but he hates fighting and always looks for alternative ways to solve problems. How does he do that?

Burhan, Are You a Coward?

Caspion, Beware!

Caspion or Silverray is in danger of being swallowed by a big shark. Her friend the whale manages to drive away the shark using his “muscles”. This is a book about friendship between amid differences and helping our friends when they are in need. It opens discussions with children on how we protect ourselves when exposed to danger. Translated ←

Caspion, Beware!

Cloudette

Cloudette wants to do big and important things. She sets off on a journey and discovers how one small cloud can make a big difference. The book encourages conversations on the anticipation and importance of rain in Israel, and the ability of each and every one of us, young and old, to make a difference in the world – as it is said, “one drop ←

Cloudette

Crunch the Shy Dinosaur

Dino (Crunch in the original English version) is a lovely and quiet brontosaurus who has hidden himself in the shrubs because he is so shy. He would like to play, but it requires gentle coaxing. Those who are are patient and encouraging will gain a new friend. This picture book is a warm, funny example of how to engage with someone new, who is ←

Crunch the Shy Dinosaur

Dear Little One

From the treasures of flowers to the secrets of insects, this poetic book, with its enchanting illustrations, encourages children to explore the nature around them, see the wealth of beauty, joy, and love in it, and care for its preservation.

Dear Little One

Don’t Trust the Tiger

A man finds a tiger trapped in a pit. Will he help it? This story, told in chapters from Korean folklore, raises questions about the concepts of fairness, trusting others, and the value of assistance. The young reader discovers skills in argumentation, evidence, and seeing things from different perspectives.

Don’t Trust the Tiger

Doodle

Doodle is different from other children, which makes him sad and lonely, so he goes out to look for a place where he is accepted. A story that supports the "different" child in believing in his own capacities.

Doodle

Duck! Rabbit!

A story about two children looking up at the clouds. The two children see the cloud as two different objects. One sees it as a duck and the other sees the cloud as a rabbit. By the end of the story both children see the other animal in the cloud. This could help children understand that we all are different and have different imaginations.

Duck! Rabbit!

Duna Wants

Three-year-old Duna keeps saying “I don’t want,” until a book her father brings home makes a change. This book invites parents to understand and deal with children’s refusal behavior.

Duna Wants

Emanual’s Dream

The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah’s Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people—but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to ←

Emanual's Dream

Emily’s Tiger

Emily (Jana in Arabic) is off and running again! This little girl has a problem with her temper, and every time she gets angry she turns into a little tiger. Then grandma comes to stay and she knows a thing or two about tigers and tempers.

Emily's Tiger

Enjoyable Rhymes

The book invites children to play with rhyming sentences that are both fun and language enriching.

Enjoyable Rhymes

Extra Yarn

Annabelle (Lubna in the Arabic translation) lives in a black-and-white world, where everything is drab. So when she finds a box filled with yarn of every color, she makes a sweater for herself, for her dog, her classmates, even for houses and cars. Soon an evil archduke with a sinister mustache “who was very fond of clothes” hears about the ←

Extra Yarn

Fadiya the Fish

There was once a nice small silver fish, Fiddiya, swimming alone in the blue sea and suddenly ... He saw ... A large black mass ... He thinks it is a mountain but it is a small whale who is crying because he lost his mother. Fiddiya and her friends help the whale find his mother. Parent suggestions are likely to focus on the way that each ←

Fadiya the Fish

Fayloon

Kind Fayloon always helps everyone until one day when he starts behaving strangely. A story about supporting friends, environmental pollution, and its impact on the world of nature and animals.

Book of the month

Fayloon

Filo and Super Phil

One morning, Elmer hears an "Oh no!" Looking around, he spots Super El, who's in need of Elmer's help. He must get to Aunt Zelda without any of the other animals seeing him and, as usual, it's up to Elmer to come up with a cunning plan!

Filo and Super Phil

Firas and his Three Friends

A new, rhymed version of the Arabic folktale of Firas, upset when his field of corn and barley has been consumed by one of his friend. He uses a magical lake to get to the truth about which one of his friends — donkey, sparrow or dove — has lied to him about eating from the field. And will he forgive the liar?

Firas and his Three Friends

Found

When Bear finds a lost stuffed toy bunny in the forest, he begins to worry. After all, the stuffed bunny must feel lonely and want to return safely to its owner and home! But as Bear diligently searches for the bunny's owner, he grows attached to his newfound friend. What will happen when the bunny's owner finally comes forward? Was Bear meant to ←

Found

Friendship Bench

Lila enters a new school where she doesn't know anyone. With the help of her kind teacher, she discovers the "Friendship Seat" and makes a new friend. This book explores the hidden opportunities in new beginnings and the challenging yet beautiful journey of building friendships.

Friendship Bench

From My Head to My Toe

A beloved book by Eric Carl that invites children to listen, imagine, discover, feel, think, and communicate with others playfully. The book contributes to the child's physical and mental awareness, especially as they enter kindergarten.

From My Head to My Toe

Giraffe Problems

Edward the giraffe (Fafa in the Arabic version) can't understand why his neck is as long and bendy and, well, ridiculous as it is. No other animal has a neck this absurd. He's tried disguising it, dressing it up, strategically hiding it behind bushes -- honestly, anything you can think of, he's tried. Just when he has exhausted his neck-hiding ←

Giraffe Problems

Good Night Little Ones

A bed-time story to say goodnight to all the baby animals as they snuggle up, close their eyes and peacefully drift off to sleep.

Good Night Little Ones

Good Night, Alfie Atkins (Burhan)

Alfie (“Burhan” in the Arabic version) is acting strange; he is quiet and dutiful, which worries his father. Could it be because he is starting school soon? A story that supports the child in his new journey to school.

Good Night, Alfie Atkins (Burhan)

Grandma is Coming for a Visit

The story presents a humorous dialogue between the grandmother and her granddaughter in the form of a riddle, where the girl reveals the characteristics of different animals. The story ends by celebrating the grandmother's visit. The book deals with the topic of the warm relationship between the child and her grandmother. It also develops the ←

Grandma is Coming for a Visit

Hector and the Humming Bird

Hector the Bear (“Dahdah” in the Arabic version) has a big problem: His friend Hummingbird just won't be quiet! Whether Hector's trying to enjoy a snack, get a good scratch against a tree, or take a nap, Hummingbird's always buzzing around, asking too many questions. The pair have always been best friends, but will Hector ever find peace and ←

Hector and the Humming Bird

Hey, What’s Happening Here?

In this humorous story, Professor Zweistein and his dog Albert go in search of the legendary "Tohuwabohu". On their journey through the jungle, the dog photographs all kinds of curiosities. Children need to find ten mistakes on each spread. In addition to the fun of discovering mistakes, the book invites discussion on what is "normal" and what is ←

Hey, What’s Happening Here?

Hiding Heidi

Heidi is the best at hiding: in school, at the playground, or in the park. Heidi’s friends know how much she loves hiding, so they always let her play and win. But Heidi learns the importance of sharing the limelight with other people when being too good at hiding makes her miss all the other fun her friends are having—and how much more fun it ←

Hiding Heidi

Home for the little Rabbit (Arnoub)

"A Home for Arnoub" was on the Anna Lindh's Honor List for the 10 best books for children in the region, at the "101 Books Exhibition" for the year 2010. Arnoub decides to look for a new home to escape from his noisy neighbor Filo the elephant. Arnoub embarks on a long and exciting journey whereby he faces disappointment and danger but is ←

Home for the little Rabbit (Arnoub)

How Full is Your Bucket?

From his grandfather, Fares learns that he – and everyone else -- has an invisible bucket. He watches his metaphoric bucket empty and fill as the day unfolds through his interactions with his sister, his friends and his classmates. He discovers that when his bucket is full, he feels great. When it’s empty, he feels awful. Gradually, Fares ←

How Full is Your Bucket?

How Much I Laugh!

"How much I laugh when my mother pushes me on the swing, and I fly high in the sky…" This book presents different experiences a child has with his friends and family that makes him laugh.

How Much I Laugh!

How to heal a broken wing

n a city full of hurried people, only young Will notices the bird lying hurt on the ground. With the help of his sympathetic mother, he gently wraps the injured bird and takes it home. In classic Bob Graham style, the beauty is in the details: the careful ministrations with an eyedropper, the bedroom filled with animal memorabilia, the saving of ←

How to heal a broken wing

I Forgot My Wings At Home

The little girl tries to fly, but discovers that she left her “wings” at home, so she goes out to look for new ones with the help of her father. A story that encourages children to look inside themselves to help them adjust in new settings.

I Forgot My Wings At Home

I Want an Elephant

The little girl wants a pet. In a playful conversation between her and her parents, she learns about animals that can't live in houses. In the end she gets to have a little puppy.

I Want an Elephant

I Want to Dance

“I want to dance/ I want to fly/ to spread my wings like a bird…” a rhymed text that celebrates dance as an innate and humanistic expression of child’s joy.

I Want to Dance

I’m Amazing

“Jude” marvels at the different roles she plays: as daughter, sister, granddaughter and friend! The book introduces children to the world of family and social ties in a child-centered manner.

I'm Amazing

I’m Special, I’m Me!

The child returns frustrated from school every day because he finds it difficult to play with his classmates. The mother supports the child to see the positive side in every situation, to see his weaknesses as strength, and to improve his self-confidence. This is a story about the feeling of rejection, and the sensitive and supportive ways to deal ←

I'm Special, I'm Me!

If I Were

“If I were a duck, and a hunter chased me, I would swim underwater and run away from him..." the ant thinks and wishes she was a deer or a lizard to escape being squashed. But a surprising incidence teaches her that being tiny has advantages. A book that encourages conversation with children about their abilities.

If I Were

If I Were A Cloud

“If I were a cloud, I would change my appearance as I wish…” tells us the cloud/child and reveals to us her wishes, her likes and dislikes and what makes her happy and sad.

If I Were A Cloud

If You Give a Mouse an iPhone

If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, even for ten minutes, he’s probably going to beam to some faraway place beyond time, space, and the sound of your pleading voice. And if he’s that far gone, he won’t have any idea what’s going on around him, and he might end up missing out on all the real fun.

If You Give a Mouse an iPhone

It’s Not Easy to Be Me

A boy considers himself to be the best and the strongest among other children, but find this to be lonely and tiring. When he plays with his friends, the loneliness disappears.

It's Not Easy to Be Me

Kisses for Daddy

When a grumbly Baby Bear refuses to give his father a goodnight kiss, their bedtime routine is transformed into a delightful game, as Daddy imagines all the different sorts of kisses that other animal babies give their dads.

Kisses for Daddy

When a grumbly Baby Bear refuses to give his father a goodnight kiss, their bedtime routine is transformed into a delightful game, as Daddy imagines all the different sorts of kisses that other animal babies give their dads.

Kisses for Daddy

Lena’s shoes are nervous

Lina's shoes are worried about going to kindergarten on the first day, but they get over it with the help of her headband. This is a story that supports children in overcoming their fear of a new experience. What distinguishes the book is the father’s beautiful mediation in encouraging Lina by asking questions and going along with her ←

Lena's shoes are nervous

Little Gorilla

Everybody loved little Gorilla, even when he misbehaved. One day, something strange happened: little Gorilla started to grow…and grow! How would others treat him now? A story about unconditional love that children need.

Little Gorilla

Little Hedgehog

The little hedgehog is happy when he finds a red apple and starts eating it, but his friends want to taste it too, so what does he do? This is a story about sharing and about what it means to make friendships as opposed to losing objects.

Little Hedgehog

Malek, the Golden Eagle

Although Malek is an eagle, he has a fear of heights that prevents him from flying. One day, he gets a flying lesson from an unexpected teacher: a small bird! This charming story invites discussion about the ability of the small to help the mighty and dealing with fear.

Malek, the Golden Eagle

Mama Panya’s Pancakes

On market day, Mama Panya s son Adika invites everyone he sees to a pancake dinner. How will Mama Panya ever feed them all? This clever and heartwarming story about Kenyan village life teaches the importance of sharing, even when you have little to give.

Mama Panya's Pancakes

Mamba

Mamba can’t howl like other wolves, so she travels to her grandma to learn. Her train journey takes her through colorful scenes that symbolize the four seasons. She watches different animals use their voices to ask the train driver to stop. Motivated by them, she tries to howl and succeeds.

Mamba

May I please have a cookie

Alfie loves his mommy's cookies, and he wants one more than anything! But grabbing for one, fishing for one, and dressing up as a cookie inspector don't seem to work. His mommy says there is a better way. What is it? Beginning readers will learn proper manners with Alfie as his mommy teaches him to say the magic words.

May I please have a cookie

Maybe Tommorrow

Elba (Lola in the Arabic translation) has a big block that she has been dragging around for a long time. Norris (Tamsuh in Arabic) dances everywhere he goes, even uphill, surrounded by a happy cloud of butterflies. Can Norris and his butterflies help ease Elba's sadness and convince her to join them on a trip to the ocean? This tender exploration ←

Maybe Tommorrow

Mole and The Baby Bird

When Mole finds a baby bird injured and alone he takes it home to look after it very carefully. But soon Mole has a dilemma - is the baby bird going to be a pet or is it going to be free? Guided by observant parents and a thoughtful grandfather, he makes his final decision. A story about love, importance of freedom and the necessity to, sometimes, ←

Mole and The Baby Bird

Mom, What Does this Do?

"Mom, what does it do? Nothing, it's just an empty cardboard box. You can put old newspapers in it." A seemingly routine dialogue between a child and his mother turns in front of our eyes to magic full of creativity and imagination.

Mom, What Does this Do?

Monkey Puzzle

A little monkey can’t find his mom, so a butterfly tries her best to help. Repeatedly the monkey shares a new detail about his mom, but butterfly keeps leading him to the wrong animal -- because the little ones do not look like their mother! The text invites the child to unfold the puzzle using rhymes and colorful descriptions.

Monkey Puzzle

Morning Songs

A collection of simple and elegant poems that follow a child from the moment he wakes up until he goes to school. The short poems, built around repetitive sentences, similar to traditional children’s rhymes, introduce the young child to literary poetry in a beautiful holistic way that sees the child as part of nature: First, different natural ←

Morning Songs

A collection of simple and elegant poems that follow a child from the moment he wakes up until he goes to school. The short poems, built around repetitive sentences, similar to traditional children’s rhymes, introduce the young child to literary poetry in a beautiful holistic way that sees the child as part of nature: First, different natural ←

Morning Songs

Mouse’s First Night at Moonlight School

The shy mouse finds it difficult to meet her classmates on the first day of school, but the teacher suggests playing hide-and-seek, which makes it easier for her. This is a book about children's fears at the beginning of the year, and about the delightful educational mediation that supports them.

Mouse's First Night at Moonlight School

Move mountain

Being on the wrong side of the valley doesn't matter if you have the right kind of friends. Mountain had never seen the sun rise. Each morning, the hills around him were washed with a warm glow - sometimes pink, sometimes orange. But the sun always rose behind his rocky back. So, one morning, Bird and Bear put on an ingenious and spectacular ←

Move mountain

Mummy and Me

Hum’s (Ambr’s in the Arabic version) mom is the center of his world and he loves doing so many different things with her. But one day she is busy and doesn't have time for him, so he decides he can be busy, too. A story that encourages creative shared play between children and parents.

Mummy and Me

My big bear, my little bear and me

The little girl goes out for a walk with her small bear and with her big bear, which turns out to be her father. This story could be a story about the friends the girl has in her life: her teddy bear whom the girl takes care of, and her father who takes care of her, and what the girl enjoys about their presence. The story could also be addressing ←

My big bear, my little bear and me

My Cheek is Like A Rose

A collection of poems in classical Arabic that expresses the inner world of the child: views, dreams, interests and feelings.

My Cheek is Like A Rose

My Grandma Doesn’t Hear Me

Grandma has a hearing problem, which leads to comical misunderstandings in conversations with her grandson. But there is one sentence she hears perfectly at the end: “Grandma, I love you.” This book plays on rhyming words in a warm and playful interaction between the two generations.

My Grandma Doesn't Hear Me

My Grandpa

In a spare, simple first-person account, a young bear introduces “My Grandpa” and shares their special relationship. Grandpa is becoming forgetful and confused, but the little bear still loves him. They walk and hug and play and pretend, and even when the older bear seems to lose touch, they remain connected. This is as much a story of a happy ←

My Grandpa

Nafnouf

Nafnouf is the name that a girl who gives to a chair which she transforms into an imaginary pet dog. Who knows what she will transform it into next. A story about the power of imagination originally published in Hebrew as Ugbo by renowned children’s writer and illustrator Ora Eyal.

Nafnouf

Never Tickle a Tiger

Izzy (Marah in the Arabic version) is always shuffling, jiggling, squirming and twitching. She just can't keep still! So when her school go on a trip to the zoo, her teacher warns her to behave. She must never wriggle, she must never fidget and she must certainly NEVER TICKLE A TIGER! But does Izzy listen? She does NOT - and what happens next ←

Never Tickle a Tiger

Nicolas Where Have You Been?

When the young mouse Nicolas sets out across the great meadow alone in search of ripe red berries, he is grabbed up by the claws of a huge bird and carried high into the sky. Through Nicolas's adventures, he learns to trust the very creatures he thought were his enemies. The story invites us to examine stereotypes, and to listen and think ←

Nicolas Where Have You Been?

Nisan’s Moon

Nisaan is excited to bring the moon into her room, but she discovers that sadness has engulfed people and the world due to the moon's absence from the sky. She decides to put it back piece by piece. This text explores the concepts of heritage and generosity, using imagination to explain a natural phenomenon.

Nisan’s Moon

Noby and the Tricky Things

Nouby has become a “big” boy, certainly older than his little sister, but some things are still difficult for him. This is a story about a child's journey towards independence and the challenges that accompany it, especially the presence of a younger brother/sister who shares the child's parental interest.

Noby and the Tricky Things

Noisy Neighbors

Sid is a tired snail, searching for some peace and quiet. Wherever he goes he bumps into his neighbors—chirping sparrows, singing foxes, hooting owls, quacking ducks, and buzzing bees-each noisier than the last! In the end he decides to invite all his neighbors to a party, where they make lots of noise and have so much fun they get tired and ←

Noisy Neighbors

Not a Box

The child plays with a cardboard box and imagines that it is a ship, a train and other things, while the adult cannot see it “outside the box.” This is a book about children's vast imagination and their illusory play, and how it develops their thinking and creative abilities.

Not a Box

Oh Dear Geoffrey!

The young giraffe Geoffrey (Saffour in Arabic) is frustrated. All his efforts to have new friends end in mishaps, until he finds friends that help him discover his own strengths. A story that speaks to the challenges children in kindergarten face in building new friendships.

Oh Dear Geoffrey!

Oh Flying Bird

Inspired by a popular song, the paper plane takes children from Safad to Be’er-sheva on a journey where they get to know cities and villages they live in or travel to with their families. A book that promotes a child's connection to their homeland and heritage.

Oh Flying Bird

Oh, Flying Bird!

Based on a folk song, this story-song takes the child to different Arab towns and villages, including his own, to learn about them.

Oh, Flying Bird!

On The Tip of My Tongue

“I’m always there, decorating the wall/ but I can see you whenever you come to look at me/ who am I?” a collection of rhymed riddles that encourages children to think and to imagine.

On The Tip of My Tongue

One moose twenty mice

One Moose, Twenty Mice by Clare Beaton is an attractive book with images that kids love to explore. Each page is filled with animals and there is a cat that is hiding in each one. Can they find it? This is a great story for practising counting to 20, learning animal vocabulary and learning phrases such as, “Where’s the cat?”

One moose twenty mice

Parachute

Toby wears a parachute wherever he goes. It helps him to get down from high places such as the top of his bunk bed and the chair at the breakfast table. It makes him feel safe when he goes high on the swings and comes down on the slide. But one day, his cat gets stuck in the tree above the tree house. Toby easily climbs up and floats the cat down ←

Parachute

Pete the cat & his magic sunglasses

Pete the cat wakes up in an irritable mood every morning. But, with the help of his magic glasses, he realizes that his good mood was inside him all this time. This is a book about the ability to look at situations from an optimistic viewpoint.

Pete the cat & his magic sunglasses

Pete the Cat- I Love My White Shoe

Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change colors as he steps in strawberries, blueberries and other big messes. But Pete keeps moving and grooving and because it's all good! A story about taking positive approach to bad situations.

Pete the Cat- I Love My White Shoe

Playful Poems

This book features poems written from a child's perspective, providing insight into their experiences and emotions. This book allows children to read poetic texts that they can relate to, as they express their thoughts and feelings. The book also introduces them to other children who have similar thoughts and feelings. Additionally, this literary ←

Playful Poems

Rabbityness

Rabbit enjoys doing rabbity things, but he also loves un-rabbity things! When Rabbit suddenly disappears, his friends are desolate. But as it turns out, Rabbit has left behind some very special gifts for them, to help them discover their own unrabbity talents. The book celebrates individuality, encourages creativity, and sensitively introduces ←

Rabbityness

Rihab’s Hotel

Rihab’s Hotel (Original title: Valentine's Guest House) Sam Sharland Sam Sharland May Arro Sharbel Elias When the tiger comes to Rihab’s Hotel, humans run away. However, the hotel quickly fills up with different creatures, each with their own needs, as seen by the young girl Aseel. This book is about inclusion, sensitivity to others, ←

Rihab’s Hotel

Rima’s walk

In a warm spring day, Rima (Ayelet in the original Hebrew version) goes out on a walk. She meets a hiding ladybug, a sick snail, a tired giraffe and others, and carries them home where her mother offers them juice and cake. A delightful rhymed text that invites children to celebrate the beauty of nature. Throughout Rima’s thoughtful caring of ←

Rima’s walk

Russel The Sheep

Russell the Sheep is having trouble getting to sleep one night: he’s too hot, or too cold or needs a pillow. He tries counting – first his toes and then the stars – to no avail. When he decides to count sheep he finally falls into a deep slumber. A nice bedtime story with detailed and funny illustrations.

Russel The Sheep

Saad and His New Cap

In this charming story originally published in Swedish, Saad’s mother asks him to buy a newspaper from a nearby bookstore. Wearing his new cap, Saad is confident that he is safe from the rain until his cap gets drenched and covers his eyes. He stumbles and hurts himself. Mom takes care of him and tries to fix the cap by ironing it with the ←

Saad and His New Cap

Sama the Chivalrous Knight

In an imaginative game, Sama leaves her living room to go on an adventure to find the lost prince: her little brother sleeping in his room. The book is the result of workshops with writers and illustrators at Al-Fanoos Library.

Sama the Chivalrous Knight

Say something

Everyone has something to say, whether by using words or actions. The book invites children to say what they want in their own ways in order to make their world better for themselves and for others.

Say something

Scent of My Mother

Majed decides to buy a perfume for his mother on Mother’s Day. He tries to explain to the seller what scents remind him of her: The scent of the roses that she takes care of, of bread with za’atar (thyme) that she prepares for him for breakfast, and of mint soap when she washes his hair. This story is about the pleasant presence of mother in a ←

Scent of My Mother

Seven Blind Mice

"It's a pillar," says one mouse. "It's a fan," says another. One by one, seven blind mice investigate the strange Something by the pond. And each returns with a different theory. Only when the seven mice explore each one's perspective do they learn the whole truth.

Seven Blind Mice

Shhh! I’m reading

The child is so absorbed in reading an interesting book that she refuses to play with her imaginary friends. This is a story about the magical world hidden in books, which celebrates reading and the amazing worlds that books present!

Shhh! I'm reading

Simsim

When Simsim the cat disappears one morning, all the family is busy looking for him. Through this experience, the child learns a lot about herself and her relationship with her family. But the question is still without an answer: Where is Simsim?

Simsim

Simsim Family in Trouble

This story begins with the Simsim famiy of mice leaving their home when a river floods. They are welcomed into the home of various friends, each helping them in their own way. When they finally returns home, another river floods and a friend comes to the Simsims for shelter. The story celebrates the value of community support in times of distress. ←

Simsim Family in Trouble

Sisi Clothpins Wears a Lamb and Two Caterpillars

This story introduces children to the clothes appropriate for different seasons in an unusual way: Smart Sisi plans and creates her clothes from materials in nature. She wears a lamb that becomes a cotton shirt, and two caterpillars that become a silk shawl, drawing children back to the natural origin of the clothes that we wear.

Sisi Clothpins Wears a Lamb and Two Caterpillars

Sleep tight little bear

The little bear finds a little cave to play in, and when night falls, he wants to sleep in it, but he is preoccupied by what the big bear feels when he is left alone. This is a story about the child's need and desire for independence, accompanied with the sensitivity of expressing the parents’ feelings as they watch their child grow.

Sleep tight little bear

Small Presents

The roses in the garden, the cotton candies, and the colorful butterflies are only some of the little gifts that surprise Rafif in the morning. This is a story about the free gifts that life and nature give us.

Small Presents

Soumsoum the Mouse (Al-far Soumsoum )

While the other field mice work to gather grain and nuts for winter, Soumsoum sits on a sunny rock by himself. “I gather sun rays for the cold dark winter days,” he tells them. Another day he gathers “colors,” and then “words.” And when the food runs out, it is Soumsoum, the dreamer and poet, whose endless store of supplies warms the ←

Soumsoum the Mouse (Al-far Soumsoum )

Stories of the Night

Little bear can’t sleep, so his mother tells him three bedtime stories about three characters that have difficulty sleeping but each finds his/her way to enter the world of sleep: the night gatekeeper follows a star, the little girl thinks of delicious strawberries and the old man has a quiet night swim. The magical illustrations take the ←

Stories of the Night

Strictly No Elephants

On Pet Club Day, cats and dogs and fish are allowed but the sign says “strictly no elephants.” When the club won’t admit a boy’s tiny pet elephant, he finds a solution—one that involves all kinds of unusual animals, just like his friends. In the end, the boy and his tiny pet elephant show them what it means to be a true friend, in a ←

Strictly No Elephants

Sunbird sings

The sunbird feels joy and is overwhelmed by a desire to sing. The bird is looking for a place to sing, but whenever it sings it annoys another animal; He disturbed the crow in his nap, the sick duck, and the rest of the animals as well, until he found a farmer who enjoyed his singing and shared it. The book seeks to enhance the child's ability to ←

Sunbird sings

Supposing

Supposing you woke up and the house was on fire and there was a big black hole in the floor beside your bed and you fell in and a spider fell in on top of you ... In this skillfully sensitive book about nightmares, that is just what a little monster's nightmares are about, until his mother soothes him and lays all his fears to rest. Her stories of ←

Supposing

Surprise!

Bear, Square and Racoon have been friends a long time and are a bit bored. They want to make new friends, and when a human family comes to the area they decide to welcome them with a surprise party -- one that has some surprising consequences. A book that humorously underscores the difficulty of making new friends and the misunderstandings ←

Surprise!

Tales of Jouha

Who doesn’t know Jouha, the famous character whose stories have entertained children and adults for centuries? The book has three humorous traditional stories.

Tales of Jouha

Tanbouri Shoes

A humorous classical Arabic folktale about a miser merchant from Baghdad who tries to get rid of his old torn pair of shoes, but every time he tries to do so, someone brings them back to him.

Tanbouri Shoes

Thank You Omu

In this story of sharing and community, everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew. One by one, they follow their noses to the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself?

Thank You Omu

The Alligator Looks For a New Friend

The small alligator wishes to be friends with the giraffe, and does silly things to attract her attention. But giraffe does not notice him until a small accident brings them together.

The Alligator Looks For a New Friend

The Amazing Tree

Amazing trees grow from grandpa's big and creative ideas, and from his neat and clever planning with his granddaughter. When their abilities come

The Amazing Tree

The Backward Owl

Shoofon the little owl has a strange problem: He sees the world upside-down! When the difference between him and the other owls is discovered, one individual’s difficulty turns into an advantage for the whole community. A story about different vantage points, acceptance of others and the richness of words.

The Backward Owl

The Bear and the piano

One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and son who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes ←

The Bear and the piano

The Best Present

On his way for a visit, Little Bear decides to find his Grandma the best present he can. As he walks, he picks up a flower, a feather and even a snowflake. But, one by one, Little Bear loses all of his gifts along the way. Little does he know that, for Grandma, he is the best present of all.

The Best Present

The Big Umbrella

Sparked by a conversation between the author/illustrator and her daughter, co-author Juniper Bates, this is the story of a big, red, friendly, helpful umbrella that sits near the front door and "likes to spread its arms wide" when it rains. It has room for the diverse creatures that seek its protection. This deceptively simple book invites ←

The Big Umbrella

The Book of Riddles

A Cornucopia of Riddles (new) A collection of riddles in colloquial Arabic about different kinds of vegetables and fruits that are used in well-known Arabic food, such as tabouli. Each riddle offers the child different "clues"" including sensory characteristics of the vegetable/fruit and ways to eat it.

The Book of Riddles

The book tree

When young Arlo accidentally drops a book on the Mayor’s head, the Mayor decides books are dangerous and destroys all the books in town! But thanks to Arlo’s imagination and perseverance, the Mayor finds that suppressing stories cannot stop them from blossoming more beautifully than ever. This timely allegorical tale will be a useful tool for ←

The book tree

The Bridge

A bear and a giant come face to face halfway across a long, narrow bridge— each trying to reach the opposite bank of the river. How will they both manage to get across the bridge without falling, or shoving each other off the edge? The resolution the two come up with illustrates the advantages of thinking creatively and collaboratively in ←

The Bridge

A bear and a giant come face to face halfway across a long, narrow bridge— each trying to reach the opposite bank of the river. How will they both manage to get across the bridge without falling, or shoving each other off the edge? The resolution the two come up with illustrates the advantages of thinking creatively and collaboratively in ←

The Bridge

The Bug Collector

After George (Nabil in the Arabic version) visits the Museum of Wildlife with Grandad, all he can think about is bugs! The very next day he goes out hunting, but he soon finds there are no more insects left in the garden, and the ones he has captured in jars don’t look very happy… George is about to learn exactly why bugs are so important. A ←

The Bug Collector

The Bunnies are not in their beds

The bunnies are in bed. Or are they? Mama and Daddy repeatedly check on the little bunnies to find them playing with various toys. A humorous story on the subject of differences between parents and children over bedtime – and other aspects of family life.

The Bunnies are not in their beds

The color monster

The Color Monster wakes up feeling a mixture of emotions: joy, sadness, anger and boredom. So, the little girl helps him understand his feelings by associating them with colors from nature.

The color monster

The Cow That Laid an Egg

The cow constantly complains that she is normal, and nothing distinguishes her from others, so her chicken friends come up with a funny trick to make her feel special. This is a graphically and textually humorous book about the group's support of the individual even if the help is using a small trick.

The Cow That Laid an Egg

The Crow and the Peackok

The crow is not satisfied with his looks and is envious of animals and birds for their beauty, until he learns an important lesson from the peacock. This is a book that deals with the issue of jealousy and self-perception and comparing ourselves with others, a topic that preoccupies children at this age. The idea is beautiful; connecting happiness ←

The Crow and the Peackok

The Day the Elephant Flew

This book is inspired by an ancient Indian folk tale, which tells the story of a little girl who visits the circus with her mother and asks her about the elephant who is unable to free himself despite being attached to a small peg. It is a story about having confidence in our abilities as a way of self-expression and a means of celebrating ←

The Day the Elephant Flew

The Dot

Written and Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds Art class is over, but Vashti is sitting glued to her chair in front of a blank piece of paper. The words of her teacher are a gentle invitation to express herself. But Vashti can't draw - she's no artist. To prove her point, Vashti jabs at a blank sheet of paper to make an unremarkable and angry ←

The Dot

The Empty Pot

This modified version of a well-known Chinese tale tells the story of a girl called Leen who loved flowers. Anything she planted burst into bloom. The Emperor loved flowers too. When it was time to choose an heir, he gave a flower seed to each child in the kingdom. "Whoever can show me their best in a year's time," he proclaimed, "shall succeed me ←

The Empty Pot

The Gift of Nothing

Wadi wants to buy a gift for his friend who has everything, so he decides to get him "nothing." A philosophical book that discusses the meaning of "nothing" in our lives and playfully challenges children about the paradox of this word and its use in their lives. The book also addresses the theme of friendship and the meaning of a real gift.

The Gift of Nothing

The girl who never made mistakes

Beatrice Bottomwell never makes mistakes. She never forgets her math homework, never wears mismatched socks, and she always wins the yearly talent show at school. In fact, the entire town calls her The Girl Who Never Makes Mistakes! One day, the inevitable happens: Beatrice makes a huge mistake in front of everyone! But in the end, readers (and ←

The girl who never made mistakes

The Goat and Its Little Ones

An adapted version of an Arabic folktale about a goat who goes out to bring food to her little ones and asks them not to open the door for anyone. With intelligence, imagination and skill, they manage to get the wolf away from their house.

The Goat and Its Little Ones

The Hole

The children want to play in the big hole next to their school, but the adults are worried and resentful. The book explores the magic in the hole through children’s creative play, conveying the message of how important playing outside is for children’s healthy development is, allowing them to explore, build and work as a team. Translated from ←

The Hole

The invisible

The Invisible is the story of a young girl called Isabel and her family. They don't have much, but they have what they need to get by. Until one day, there isn't enough money to pay their rent and bills and they have to leave their home full of happy memories and move to the other side of the city. It is the story of a girl who goes on to make ←

The invisible

The Invisible Boy

Nobody ever seems to notice Brian or think to include him in their group, game, or birthday party . . until, that is, a new kid comes to class. When Justin, the new boy, arrives, Brian is the first to make him feel welcome. And when Brian and Justin team up to work on a class project together, Brian finds a way to shine. From esteemed author ←

The Invisible Boy

The Kangaroo’s sock

The kangaroo loses its sock and goes out accusing his friends of stealing it, until he discovers that he is wearing it, so he returns to apologize. This is a story about our relationship with our friends, and how we deal with them.

The Kangaroo's sock

The King of the Forest

An adapted version of a tale from “Kalila wa Dimna” (an 8th century collection of animal fables). The lion brags about his undefeatable powers, which lead the tiny fly to teach him a lesson: Power is not a matter of size but of ability.

The King of the Forest

The Little Pickpocket

A little kangaroo, bored in his mother’s pouch, goes out to explore what people have in their pockets, leading him to exciting discoveries. The book deals with the need of children to learn and discover new places and things, with the reassurance that there is a safe place – home – to which they can return.

The Little Pickpocket

The Little Red Hen

Based on the familiar and much-loved story of the hard-working Little Red Hen who asks her farmyard friends to help her make bread. Open the flaps to reveal the lazy animals who are all far too busy to help Little Red Hen sow and water the seed, or harvest and grind the corn. It's not until she has baked the bread that her friends are keen to ←

The Little Red Hen

The Lonely Mailman

Each day, the old mailman faithfully delivers special letters to the forest animals. But the mailman has never received any letters of his own. Then one day everything changes in this touching story of friendship and love.

The Lonely Mailman

The Lost Key

A new version to the children’s song-game from the Arab heritage.

The Lost Key

The Magic Garden

In this retelling of a Kazakhstan folktale, two neighbors, Hassan and Asan, turn to the wise man of their village for advice when they fight over who should keep some gold coins found in their shared garden. One of the wise man’s students suggests buying seeds with the gold and sets off to the big city. Much to his embarrassment and frustration, ←

The Magic Garden

The magic hat shop

townspeople are surprised by this new arrival. No one knows where it came from or why it appeared right there, in the middle of the town square. “Who needs a hat?”, some wondered. Confusion and mistrust begin to reign in town, but Timid Tim, determined to reveal the mystery that the hat shop was hiding, decides to enter and reveal what is it ←

The magic hat shop

The Market of Words

Salam visits the market of words. From each shop she gets three words like: love, kindness, anger. Then she gives her collection to the words tailor who makes her a dress. What does her dress look like?

The Market of Words

The misfortune drawing

Mint's big brother is so good at drawing and Mint wants to be just as good. It's just that she does not even know what she's going to draw. In the end she gets an idea: a snow flake! She started drawing enthusiastically until everything goes wrong- very wrong.This is a humorous story about being a younger sibling who wants to be big and talented, ←

The misfortune drawing

The Most Beautiful Songs

Music fills the world. People everywhere listen, dance, sing and make music with what they have. The story celebrates music and its power to bring joy to the hearts of people.

The Most Beautiful Songs

The Most Magnificent Thing

A little girl and her canine assistant set out to make the most magnificent thing. But after much hard work, the end result is not what the girl had in mind. Frustrated, she quits. Her assistant suggests a long walk, and as they walk, it slowly becomes clear what the girl needs to do to succeed. A charming story that will give kids a most ←

The Most Magnificent Thing

The Mouse and his Three Friends

When the deer is caught in a hunter's net, his three friends - the crow, mouse and turtle - come to his help, each in his own way. A rendition of the classical Arabic tale of "Kalila and Dimna" about helping friends in need.

The Mouse and his Three Friends

When the deer is caught in a hunter's net, his three friends - the crow, mouse and turtle - come to his help, each in his own way. A rendition of the classical Arabic tale of "Kalila and Dimna" about helping friends in need.

The Mouse and his Three Friends

The Mouse and the Apple

Patience is bitter, but its results are sweet: how long does it take for an apple to ripen? Can growth be accelerated? A book that addresses a relevant topic for all generations, especially young children: the ability to wait patiently.

The Mouse and the Apple

Mouse is sitting expectantly under a tree where a fine, ripe apple hangs. One by one hen, goose, goat and cow come up to look at the apple, and each tries to make it fall. Their efforts fail and so they all go home, but mouse's patience is rewarded.

The Mouse and the Apple

The North Wind and the Sun

The ancient fable of the north wind and the sun, who bet which one of them can cause a man to take off his coat, has been attributed to both Aesop and La Fontaine. The fable in which the powerful wind fails but the warm sun succeeds, teaches us about the limitations of power, highlighting the advantages of kindness, gentleness and warmth. Much ←

The North Wind and the Sun

The Prince’s Bedtime

Meet a young prince who refuses to go to sleep! The entire kingdom comes out to lend a hand in this rhyming bedtime adventure. There is a hullabaloo of activity—jugglers juggling, magicians hypnotizing, dancers dancing—but it is the wonder of a good story that finally does the trick.

The Prince's Bedtime

The Rabbit Listened

Taylor is overcome with sadness when an impressive block construction crashes to the ground, and none of his animal friends' suggestions help. Each creature proposes an outlet: Chicken wants to talk about it, Bear surmises that Taylor is angry and offers to "shout about it," Hyena suggests laughing. Taylor doesn't feel like doing any of those ←

The Rabbit Listened

The Same but Different

What am I good at and what are you good at? What do we like to do together, and what’s more fun to do apart? A colorful and enticing book about the beauty and abundance of diversity; about how we are similar and the differences among us.

The Same but Different

The Sea Saw

When Sofia loses her beloved teddy after a day at the beach, she is heartbroken. But the sea saw it all, and maybe, just maybe, it can bring Sofia and her teddy back together. This multi-layered book on the despair of losing an irreplaceable item reminds us also that what we keep in our heart is never truly lost

The Sea Saw

The Small Owl and his Orange Scarf

The little owl doesn't like the orange scarf his mother knitted for him, and he tries to get rid of it through funny tricks, until his mother helps him choose a new scarf. An entertaining story about the importance of listening to children and caring for their needs and desires.

The Small Owl and his Orange Scarf

The Suitcase

When a strange creature appears with a suitcase, he arouses the curiosity of other animals. What is inside that suitcase? When they it open, they begin to understand this stranger. A touching story about leaving a place and adapting to a new one, about the meaning of home and community.

The Suitcase

The Sunbird Sings

The bird who likes to sing moves among different animals, annoyed by his chirping until he meets a farmer who finds peace and rest in the bird’s song. The book touches on the issue of our need to share feelings with others, joyful and sad ones, and the reactions of others to this need.

The Sunbird Sings

The Talent Show

Four friends decide to enter a talent show. A small red bird asks to join them, but they laugh and tell him he's too small. Then a mysterious, tall stranger arrives to audition for lead singer, and turns out to be someone quite unexpected... A story that encourages us to look beyond appearances for true talents.

The Talent Show

The Three Questions

Young Nikolai is searching for the answers to his three questions: When is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? But it is his own response to a stranger's cry for help that leads him directly to the answers he is looking for. This profound and inspiring book, based on a story by Leo ←

The Three Questions

The Turtle Who Wanted to Climb Mount Everest

To make his grandfather’s dream come true, Mahran, the little turtle, starts his journey towards the top of Mount Everest. On his way, he faces many dangers but finally gets there with the help of kind animals that he meets. It is a story about inspiration, determination, support and the power of dreams in our lives. Translated from Swedish.

The Turtle Who Wanted to Climb Mount Everest

The Wild Baby Goes to Sea

As the mother cleans the floor, her son goes on an imaginary sailing trip, turning the bucket into a boat and the broom into a mast. This poetic book explores children’s imagination and creativity, and the fun they create between a child and his mother.

The Wild Baby Goes to Sea

The Wise King

This is an Arabic folk tale about a king who asks his three children to fill the entire large palace hall, so that one of them can inherit the whole kingdom after him. Thanks to her wisdom, the princess succeeds in granting him his request.

The Wise King

The Wolf Will Not Come

This story disarms childhood bedtime anxieties in an unexpected way. A small rabbit getting ready for bed questions his mother on how she can be so sure that the wolf will not come to their house. Meanwhile, on the opposite page, we follow the progress of the wolf indeed creeping closer and closer to them, foiling the mother's reassurances one by ←

The Wolf Will Not Come

The wonderful Book

A rabbit comes upon a book lying abandoned in the forest and turns it into a makeshift shelter. A growly bear spies it and wants to use it as a hat. Some mice decide it will make a perfect table and a fox turns it into a bed. When a child comes along, he recognizes the object with delight, sits down, and begins to read aloud. The animals gather ←

The wonderful Book

The Woodchopper – An Arabic Folktale

A retelling of a classical Arabic folktale about a poor woodchopper who receives a magic pot from a genie, giving him the best food and a wheat grinder that produces silver coins. The woodchopper soon learns that it is not important how much you have but that you spend it wisely. This book was produced at the initiative of Maktabat al-Fanoos.

The Woodchopper - An Arabic Folktale

The Word Collector

Jerome (Salem in the Arabic translation) discovers the magic of the words all around him — short and sweet words, two-syllable treats, and multisyllable words that sound like little songs. When he throws the words he has collected into the air, he believes that they can connect, transform, empower and make the world a better place. A book that ←

The Word Collector

There Once Was A Woman

"كان في وحده ست، عندها اتناعشر بنت..." من هذه العديّة الشعبية المصرية الأصل يبدأ حوار بين المربية والأطفال، ومن خلاله تُرسم هويّات مميّزة لكل من البنات الاثنتي عشر. الحوار دينامي، يشجّع ←

There Once Was A Woman

Three Butterflies

Three butterflies get caught in a storm far from home. As they seek refuge from the rain they learn an important lesson in true friendship, unity and loyalty.

Three Butterflies

Tilda tries again

Tilda's world is just as she likes it . . . until one day, it turns completely UPSIDE DOWN. All of a sudden, everything is topsy-turvy, and nothing feels right. Things that were once easy now seem incredibly challenging. Can Tilda discover a new way to approach her problems and believe in herself? Bold, bright and empowering, this is an ←

Tilda tries again

Tiny perfect things

This is the story of a child and a grandfather whose walk around the neighborhood leads to a day of shared wonder as they discover all sorts of tiny, perfect things together. With rhythmic storytelling and detailed and intricate illustrations, this is a book about how childlike curiosity can transform ordinary days into extraordinary adventures

Tiny perfect things

To whom the cloud smiles?

On his way from kindergarten to his grandmother's house, Amir is accompanied by a smiling cloud that sprays its raindrops on people and things. Along the way, Amir keeps asking: Who is the cloud smiling at? When he gets to his grandmother’s house, he knows the answer. This is a book about children's reflections on what is happening around them, ←

To whom the cloud smiles?

Too many carrots

Rabbit enjoys collecting his favorite vegetable, so much so, that there’s no room in his den for him. To try and solve the problem, Tortoise offers to share his shell with Rabbit. Rabbit and his carrots squeeze into Tortoise's shell, and Tortoise's shell cracks. Now Tortoise and Rabbit both need a place to sleep, so they ask Bird. When all are ←

Too many carrots

Two for Me, One for You

A bear and a ferret disagree over sharing mushrooms until the fox forces them to resolve the dispute, but they both learn a lesson. This is a book that develops the child’s ability to see things from two different points of view and to understand arguments, leaving the child at the end with a thinking challenge: How will a bear and a ferret ←

Two for Me, One for You

Two Friends

The two friends are happy to play together until a third person joins them, and their friendship is disrupted, so will they restore it? This is a book about children’s experiences in kindergarten, which allows a dialogue with them about the legitimacy and importance of sharing friendships and expanding their circle.

Two Friends

Wahid in the Street

The cat “Wahid” wanders alone in the neighborhood streets, introducing us to its inhabitants and to the relationships between them through the food that it eats from their homes. This is a story about loneliness and friendship, and about values such as compassion and kindness to animals

Wahid in the Street

Wave

Using only two watercolors and without writing any words, the author creates a complete world of play between the little girl and the sea, inviting the child to be amazed, describe what they see, and tell their own personal story with the sea.

Wave

We Have Guests

How does Tamara react when her mother announces someone is coming to visit? She is happy and enthusiastic but also worried and starts to plan an entertainment program that goes terribly wrong! A humorous text that describes children’s common experience of communicating with family guests

We Have Guests

We Play with Dots

An interactive book that engages a child’s senses, encourages movement, and enriches their language.

We Play with Dots

What do you do with a problem

This is the story of a persistent problem and the child who isn't so sure what to make of it. The longer the problem is avoided, the bigger it seems to get. But when the child finally musters up the courage to face it, the problem turns out to be something quite different than it appeared.

What do you do with a problem

What if the Dinosaur Went Out to the Street

What if a dinosaur went out into the street without permission? An entertaining journey into the child’s imagination to places they want to spend time in, in the city, but sometimes can’t reach. A book about the power of imagination to take the child to places they love but can’t always get to.

What if the Dinosaur Went Out to the Street

What’s This?

“What's this?” wonders a little girl when she finds a seed in her garden. Together with her friends - a bird and a cat -- she plants the seed and takes care of it. Summer comes, and the secret of the seed is revealed! A story about caring for plants and nature.

What's This?

When I Paved the Sea

An amusing book that introduces children to the world of idioms and phrases that colors the daily verbal interaction between family members in an Arab home, and ignites the child’s imagination.

When I Paved the Sea

When I’m feeling scared

It’s easy for anyone to be scared of some things, like the dark or dangerous animals! But lots of other things aren’t really as scary as they seem. Each of the books in this series has been carefully designed to help children better understand their feelings, and in doing so, develop confidence and self-esteem as they grow. Talking about ←

When I'm feeling scared

When Water Flooded the City

Gradually, the town becomes submerged in water, and its inhabitants search for individual solutions without much concern until they realize that the collective problem requires a collective solution. This story emphasizes the importance of unity, critical thinking, and taking initiative to find solutions to problems that affect everyone's lives.

When Water Flooded the City

Where Did the Sun Go?

A book that stimulates the imagination as the girl hero wonders where the sun goes every night: Is it playing with a friend? Or watching a dance of the moon and star, or making a cake with mother? Maybe it tired from the noise of the earth and has escaped to a quiet place? The book ends with this open question and invites the child to draw on the ←

Where Did the Sun Go?

Where did Zaatar Disappear

Dan shares with the young reader her search for her beloved cat Zaatar in the house and the neighborhood. An interactive book about support and the warm relationship between the girl and her cat. The book is the result of workshops with writers and illustrators at Al-Fanoos Library.

Book of the month

Where did Zaatar Disappear

Where Do I Go When I’m Angry

What does a young jellyfish do when she becomes angry? And what do other members of her family do? A book that tells us it’s okay to be angry sometimes and to express anger and control it in different ways.

Where Do I Go When I’m Angry

Where Is My Shadow?

Why does my shadow always follow me? And why is it sometimes short and other times long? A journey that a little girl takes with her shadow that help children explore this natural phenomenon.

Where Is My Shadow?

Where will you take me, Rashid?

A cardboard box finds itself in a new home, where it serves different purposes and goes through sensory and emotional experiences that mimic a child's experiences. This is a story about imagination from the perspective of "the object," encouraging young readers to see things from the viewpoint of others. The book is the result of workshops with ←

Where will you take me, Rashid?

Who Challenges the Rabbit?

In this well-known world folktale, the rabbit makes fun of the turtle and challenges him to race, only to learn that the turtle's determination and effort win in the end.

Who Challenges the Rabbit?

Who is this?

Hind visits the zoo and describes the different animals for the young readers by using riddles. This is an interactive text, rich in descriptive language which develops different thinking skills.

Who is this?

Who Licked the Ice Cream Cone?

In this amusing story by popular author Rania Zaghir, a witty girl wonders how best to devour her ice cream cone. She is presented with suggestions and input from imaginary animals – all too willing to help her out by eating a bit of the ice cream themselves. In the end, she learns that the best way to enjoy your ice cream is your OWN way! ←

Who Licked the Ice Cream Cone?

Who Will Hang the Bell

Based on one of Aesop’s fables, this is the tale of mice who live happily in a house until a cat arrives. They decide to hang a bell on his neck but face the big question: Who will hang the bell? It’s one thing to decide on a matter but another to do it.

Who Will Hang the Bell

Who’s Inside?

A cute story that invites children to guess what is hidden inside three eggs that a rat finds, with hints that come to light as parts of the creatures inside slowly crack through the eggs. The story reinforces learning skills such as asking questions, collecting information and guessing. This book was produced at the initiative of Maktabat ←

Who’s Inside?

Whose Olives?

While grownups from two families argue over who owns the olives of the ancient tree that spreads over their yards, the neighboring children find a way to communicate and play.

Whose Olives?

Why Am I Tired At Night?

A child explains to her mother why is she tired at the end of the day by elaborating on what her feet, hands and head have done. This story raises children’s awareness of their bodies and the importance of taking care of their bodies.

Why Am I Tired At Night?

Why Did Burhan Change?

برهان على غير عادته، فهو هادئ ومطيعٌ ممّا يقلق والده، فما السّبب؟ قصّة نختتم بها السنّة لتساند الطّفل في مخاوفه عند الانتقال من البستان إلى الصّف الأوّل.

Why Did Burhan Change?

Why Don’t You Bloom?

A book about discovery through experimentation, courage, and determination. The phrase of the little bear, "Now I know!" reminds us of the famous phrase by Archimedes, "I found it!" Some of the plot is expressed only through illustrations, revealing to the child what is hidden from the little bear's eyes, adding a humorous dimension to the book.

Why Don’t You Bloom?

Will (Sa’ad) Gets a Haircut

While his mother goes shopping, Will (“Sa’ad” in the Arabic version) chooses a very unusual hairstyle for his school party, but soon everybody wants one! A story about respecting and accepting children’s choices.

Will (Sa'ad) Gets a Haircut

Will Rani’s eyes become square?

"Ringo must not get square eyes" is Martin Sommer's humorous and topical book about the boy Ringo, who prefers to spend all day behind a screen. But Ringo's father doesn't think it's a good idea - you get square eyes. If Ringo got a fiver for every time his dad said that phrase, he could soon buy a whole house! But Ringo is not rich, and he is ←

Will Rani’s eyes become square?

Winnie and Wilber: The Broomstick Ride

Winnie and Wilbur love travelling by broomstick but recently the skies have become rather dangerous. Could a skateboard be safer? Or a bicycle, or a horse? Winnie discovers that even walking has its perils when she falls into a hole in the pavement. Perhaps the answer to the problem is on the end of Winnie's nose? Full of madcap humor, this book ←

Winnie and Wilber: The Broomstick Ride

Winnie and Wilbur: The Magic Wand

Winnie and her cat - Wilbur- are getting ready for a magic show, but Winnie's wand has gone through the washing machine and now it just doesn't work! Will Winnie be ready to step onto the stage and wow the audience?

Winnie and Wilbur: The Magic Wand

Winston was Worried

The dog gets a small wound and begins to complain that everything bad that is happening to him, and he does not see the horrors that other animals around him are going through! This playful book addresses the five-year-old child and invites them to come out of the bubble of self-centeredness to see others, through the clever relationship between ←

Winston was Worried

Yashka’s Island

Yashka is known for fixing old things, but he is an inventor too. When he finds a rusty screw that he needed to build his secret invention, he goes to an exciting trip and ends up in a familiar place. This story is about dreamers and inventors who never give up.

Yashka's Island

Zena’s Band

Through the humorous hero of this book, Zena, children explore the language of music and are encouraged to notice the diverse sounds of their immediate surroundings, from music and song, to animal calls and the sounds of their own bodies.

Zena's Band

Ziyad on the Seagull Mountain

Born without wings, Jonathan is unable to fly like the other children of Gull Mountain. He discovers he is different and becomes isolated from his peers. Jonathan becomes the hero of the story by listening to his wise friend Sara and by not being afraid to turn his difference into his greatest strength. Through his experience he feels the desire ←