Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2023
- ISBN
- 9781536230215
- Book Title
- Eleven Words for Love: a Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Item Length
- 12.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Format
- Picture Book
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Clarke, Maxine Beneba
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Author
- Randa Abdel-Fattah
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction
- Topic
- Religious / Muslim, Family / Multigenerational, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
- Item Weight
- 18.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 9.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 40 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
Eleven Words for Love: A Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Candlewick Press
ISBN-10
1536230219
ISBN-13
9781536230215
eBay Product ID (ePID)
19059018769
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eleven Words for Love: a Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2023
Topic
Religious / Muslim, Family / Multigenerational, Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration
Illustrator
Clarke, Maxine Beneba
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Format
Picture Book
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz
Item Length
12.5 in
Item Width
9.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Reviews
Alongside the lyrical definitions of love, the textured, bright, collagelike illustrations beautifully chronicle the family’s journey. The photographs of cherished memories are deftly interwoven alongside scenes of the characters building a new life. . . Relying on cultural touches such as a keffiyeh that one character wears, the story offers a glimpse into the lives of a Palestinian family uprooted from their home. A tender tale of love and remembrance. –Kirkus Reviews (starred review) We all know that language can be nuanced, but the idea of there being 11 different words for 11 different sorts of love is simply delightful. . . Vibrant pastel illustrations from Clarke add depth and context, depicting love among intergenerational, biological, and chosen families. Eleven Words for Love can be described as a bilingual concept book and can be integrated creatively in writing, SEL, and art activities. –Booklist [A] lovely book, which illustrates the many different ways there are to care. . . Each kind of love is illustrated by Clarke’s vibrant double-page watercolor pencil collage paintings, which show both brown- and pink-skinned people embracing, playing, chatting over the fence. Abdel-Fattah’s poignant rhyming story celebrates the many ways we cherish the world and the people in it. –The Star Tribune Current events add sharp poignancy to this explanation of the nuanced meanings of 11 Arabic words that describe love. Besides introducing the foreign language and its calligraphy, the book will help children understand distinct relationships recognized by English speakers, too. –The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette If you’ve ever thought English needed more words for different kinds of love, you’ll appreciate the Arabic expressions highlighted in this book. –We Are Teachers, Alongside the lyrical definitions of love, the textured, bright, collagelike illustrations beautifully chronicle the family’s journey. The photographs of cherished memories are deftly interwoven alongside scenes of the characters building a new life. . . Relying on cultural touches such as a keffiyeh that one character wears, the story offers a glimpse into the lives of a Palestinian family uprooted from their home. A tender tale of love and remembrance. –Kirkus Reviews (starred review) We all know that language can be nuanced, but the idea of there being 11 different words for 11 different sorts of love is simply delightful. . . Vibrant pastel illustrations from Clarke add depth and context, depicting love among intergenerational, biological, and chosen families. Eleven Words for Love can be described as a bilingual concept book and can be integrated creatively in writing, SEL, and art activities. –Booklist An affirming picture book that will be particularly welcomed by libraries seeking stories about refugees and the migration experience. –School Library Journal [A] lovely book, which illustrates the many different ways there are to care. . . Each kind of love is illustrated by Clarke’s vibrant double-page watercolor pencil collage paintings, which show both brown- and pink-skinned people embracing, playing, chatting over the fence. Abdel-Fattah’s poignant rhyming story celebrates the many ways we cherish the world and the people in it. –The Star Tribune Current events add sharp poignancy to this explanation of the nuanced meanings of 11 Arabic words that describe love. Besides introducing the foreign language and its calligraphy, the book will help children understand distinct relationships recognized by English speakers, too. –The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette If you’ve ever thought English needed more words for different kinds of love, you’ll appreciate the Arabic expressions highlighted in this book. –We Are Teachers, Alongside the lyrical definitions of love, the textured, bright, collagelike illustrations beautifully chronicle the family’s journey. The photographs of cherished memories are deftly interwoven alongside scenes of the characters building a new life. . . Relying on cultural touches such as a keffiyeh that one character wears, the story offers a glimpse into the lives of a Palestinian family uprooted from their home. A tender tale of love and remembrance. –Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Grade From
Preschool
Grade To
Third Grade
Synopsis
A lyrical narrative of a Palestinian family in exile explores universal bonds of family, loyalty, and friendship through the lens of eleven Arabic expressions for love. A family has fled their homeland in search of safety in another country, carrying a single suitcase. As their journey unfolds, the oldest child reflects on the special contents of that suitcase: photo albums that evoke eleven of many names for love in Arabic. From sunshine-warm friendship to the love that dissolves all tears; from the love that makes you swoon to the love that leaves you yearning for the heart’s homeland–her family has experienced it all. Illustrated in vibrant watercolor pencil and collage on textured card stock, this moving scrapbook shows a family embracing an unknown future even as they honor the past, casting immigration and the refugee experience in the light of universal human connection.
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