Some of the best times to ask Dua'

This review comes from Ayah. The book is called 'Some of the best times to ask dua' and it comes from the Learn About series by Umm Ilhaam.

The book is about duas, it teaches you the duas because you are going to need to make them in life. I like the part in the book that is about the crowing of a rooster, when you here its crow it has seen an angel so it is a good time to make dua. This reminded me of a time I saw a rooster crowing with my dad in Gambia and we both made dua.

I would read this book again because I really liked it and it really benefits me.

If you would like to read this book I would say you should get it!

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From ayah 8 years old

Eating and Drinking

This review comes from Aleigha. The book is called 'Eating and Drinking' and it comes from the Learn About series by Umm Ilhaam. 

The book is about eating and drinking, it tells you about what Allah gave to you and how you should be grateful for what Allah and then your parents give you. It teaches you that you should eat with your right hand and drink with 3 sips breathing in the middle (in between sips) and that you should not blow inside your food. 

I found it interesting to know that if you see food on the floor you should clean it and then eat it so you don't leave it for the shaytaan.

I enjoyed reading this book because you can learn from it when you make mistakes and its good to remind you about things you need to do when eating. I would YES read this book again I would like to read it every day and I think others would find it interesting reading for themselves. 

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Aleigha 12 years old

Our Parents

This review comes from Sakeenah. This book is called 'Our parents; what they do for us' and it comes from the Learn About series by Umm Ilhaam

The book was about what our parents do for us, it said sometimes they spoil us and they look after us. You should always do what your parents tell you to do and Allah says you should listen to and be kind to your parents. I learned that I should make dua for my parent every day and ask Allah to have mercy on them because they brought me up when I was young. I liked the story MashaAllah I would like to read it again.

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Sakeenah 6 years old

Eight Enormous Elephants

This review comes from Laila. This book is called Eight Enormous Elephants and is written by Penny Dolan and Leo Broadley.

This book is about eight elephants who came through the door of a house and they squashed the sofa and they slid down the stairs. The boy in the story told them to go but they said ''No Way!", but then a mouse squeaked ''Hey!" and then he told them to clean the house and then when the house was as clean as they found it the eight elephants danced out the door. They danced away and they left no track but those enormous elephants might come back and the boy said "What do you think mum? What do you say? Can I keep the mouse that I found today?"...

My favourite part of this book is when the elephants would not leave and the mouse came and said "Hey!" because the elephants were scared of them. I thought that part was funny. I would read this book again in the future inshaaAllaah but maybe not so soon. 

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Laila aged 7 

I don't like Gloria

This review comes from Laila. The book is called I don't like Gloria and is written by Kaye Umansky and Margaret Chamberlain.

This book is about a cat named Gloria. She goes to live in a house where there is a dog named Colin. Colin does not like Gloria because she eats from his dish, she sleeps in his basket, and even worse she has taken over his garden. When Gloria ate from Colin's dish he growled at her and got told off. Then one day a big cardboard box arrived and Gloria and Colin both tried to look inside the box but they both got pushed back. They managed to see what was in the box, it was a fluffy rabbit named Jeffery. Now Colin and Gloria no longer got all the attention. They still didn't like each other but they agreed on one thing, that they REALLY didn't like Jeffery. 

I really like this book and I first read it a long time ago in our local library. I am very happy that I now have my own copy at home. 

My favourite part is when they both agreed on not liking Jeffery the rabbit. 

I will read this book again very soon as I really enjoy reading it. 

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Laila aged 7

Penguin

This review comes from Aadam. The book is called Penguin and is written by Polly Dunbar.

Someone called Ben got a present and inside was a penguin. 

Ben asked the penguin to play but the penguin said nothing. Ben tried everything he could to get the penguin to play or even speak to him but no matter what he did the penguin said nothing. Ben tried doing a funny dance, launching penguin into outer space, blowing a raspberry at penguin but still penguin said nothing so Ben tried to feed penguin to a passing lion but the lion didn't want to eat penguin. Ben got upset and shouted SAY SOMETHING!!! and the lion ate Ben for being too noisy. Then penguin bit lion on the nose very hard and the lion spat Ben back out again. 

Ow! said the lion 

Wow! said Ben 

and penguin said........Everything!! 

I really liked this story and enjoyed reading it. I thought it was very funny. My favourite part was where Ben tried to feed penguin to a passing lion. 

I would like to read this book again. 

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Aadam aged 9 

Zahra's Great Debate

This review comes from Aleigha and the book is called Zahra's Great Debate and is written by Sufiya Ahmed.

Zahras great debate was about her going back to school after she had been suspended and so was her friends.

Her friend said welcome back I missed you. When zahra came back to school there was an incident where some other girls locked zahras friends cousin in the freezer and zahra and her friends wanted to get revenge so they put spiders in the girls plate when they were in the cookery room making shepherds pie.

Zahra and her friends ended up being the ones who got into trouble for taking revenge. The girls all kept trying to get revenge until one day they decided to put a pot of paint on the top of a door so that when someone opened the door the paint would fall on them, but the trick went wrong because the paint ended up falling into someones eye and she was rushed to hospital and everyone got into trouble.

In the end Zahra and her friends said they will never take revenge again so that they don't make accidents happen and they all was friends again.

When I was reading the book I didn't think it was the right way for muslim sister to act in the way they were acting, I was happy in the end when they said they would all stop acting in a bad way to each other.

I found the book interesting to read because there was girls my age that saw they was doing something wrong and they started trying to do things in the correct way.

The book was a bit too long for me to read as I don't like to read long books but I think it would be a good book for other girls my age to read.

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Aleigha 12 years old