Mosque
David Macaulay
11-14
Turkey
Middle Grade
Children's Books About Middle East
Explore 33 handpicked children's books set in and about Middle East, chosen to help kids grow up curious about the wider world.
Books in this collection
Mosque
Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey (English and Arabic Edition)
Persepolis The Story Of A Childhood Pantheon Graphic Novels
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East
A Concert in the Sand
A Game For Swallows To Die To Leave To Return Single Titles
A Little Piece Of Ground
Arabian Nights
City of Veils: A Novel (A Katya Hijazi and Nayir Sharqi Novel)
Finding Nouf
Going to Mecca
Hip Hop Arabiceng Arabic Edition
Kingdom of Strangers: A Novel (A Katya Hijazi and Nayir Sharqi Novel)
My Face Book (Arabic/English) (Arabic Edition)
My Face Book (Hebrew/English) (Hebrew Edition)
My First Bilingual Book-Fruit (English-Farsi)
My First Bilingual Book–Home (English–Arabic) (English and Arabic Edition)
My First Words At Home Hebrewenglish
Nasreddine
New Month New Moon Kar Ben Favorites Nature In Israel
The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina
The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street
The Colors of Israel
The Green Bicycle
The Language Of Angels A Story About The Reinvention Of Hebrew
The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq
The Story Of Hurry
The Third Gift
The Turtle Of Oman
The White Nights Of Ramadan
The Wrath And The Dawn
Tisha Bav A Jerusalem Journey
Tunjur Tunjur Tunjur A Palestinian Tale
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Common questions
What ages are these books for?
Of the 33 books here, 6 are for ages 0-2, 4 for ages 3-5, 11 for ages 5-9, 3 for ages 8-12, 5 for ages 11-14 and 4 for Teens & Young Adults.
Where should we start?
Three good first picks are Mosque by David Macaulay, Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey (English and Arabic Edition) by Margriet Ruurs and Persepolis The Story Of A Childhood Pantheon Graphic Novels by Marjane Satrapi. All 33 books on this page are handpicked, so any of them is a fine place to begin.
Which countries are covered?
Alongside this broader collection there are separate pages for Israel (8 books), Palestine (3 books) and Saudi Arabia (3 books). Every book on those pages is also on this one.
Are there bilingual, award-winning or folk-tale picks here?
Yes. This collection includes 6 bilingual editions, 2 books tagged award-winning by their publishers and 4 folk tales, fairy tales or myths.
Is every book here available?
Every book links to Amazon. 4 of the 33 are currently listed only on Amazon; the rest also link to Bookshop.org.