1st & 2nd Grade Books – eng.al-fanoos

FIRST GRADE

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

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

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!

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

SECOND GRADE

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

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

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

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.