Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story Children's Sense & Sensation Books Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake

Newbery Honor author Amy Timberlake spins the first tale in a series about two opposites who need to be friends

and giggling as they try to keep up with these animals

hairy world is turned upside down by the arrival of a stranger

And then one day

In this beautiful

Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story Children's Sense & Sensation Books Newbery Honor author Amy TimberlakeKanzi's family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that's why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts. That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt