Salma Writes a Book
- Publisher
- Annick Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2023
- Category
- Siblings, Emotions & Feelings, LGBT, Chapter Books
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 9
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 4
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 9
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781773218021
- Publish Date
- Sep 2023
- List Price
- $24.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781773218038
- Publish Date
- Sep 2023
- List Price
- $9.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781773218045
- Publish Date
- Oct 2023
- List Price
- $8.99
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Description
Salma is going to be a big sister! Can she figure out what it means to be a good sister before the baby arrives?
Silver Birch Express Award Finalist
OLA Top Ten Best Bets Winner
Salma’s determined to be the best sister ever, so she sets out to write the ultimate guidebook to siblinghood. But the more Salma learns about siblings, the more confused she gets, especially since her mama is fighting with her own brother, Khalou Dawood, about who he loves. Can Salma figure out what it means to be a good sister before the baby arrives?
“Fans of the Salma series will be delighted with this second installment . . . The illustrations add texture, cultural details provide depth, and a universal message of acceptance rounds everything out beautifully.” —Booklist, STARRED review
About the Salma series: Charming, creative Salma takes on big feelings with even bigger ideas as she navigates life in a new country, Syrian identity, family changes, and new friendships in this engaging and heartfelt early chapter book series.
About the authors
DANNY RAMADAN is an award-winning Syrian-Canadian author, activist, and public speaker. His work as an activist has helped provide a safe passage to dozens of Syrian LGBTQ+ refugees to Canada. He is the author of two novels for adults, The Clothesline Swing and The Foghorn Echoes, and a forthcoming memoir, Crooked Teeth. Danny lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Anna Bron is an illustrator based out of Vancouver, Canada. She studied traditional hand-drawn animation at Sheridan College and upon graduation embarked on a manifold freelance career, producing award winning children’s picture books, as well as directing and designing numerous short animated films. Her love of the wilderness runs deep in her family, her parents having first met in the Siberian woods. She grew up sleeping in snow caves, climbing mountains, and canoeing rivers and lakes. When she is not drawing, she is exploring the coast mountains of British Colombia. She lives with her partner and two budgies.
Awards
- Joint winner, TD Summer Reading Club
- Joint winner, Best Books for Kids & Teens, *starred selection, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
- Joint winner, Bank Street College Best Children’s Books of the Year
- Winner, Jacqueline Woodson Award for LGBTQ+ Young Adult and Children’s Lierature
- Joint winner, Best Bets, Top Ten, OLA
- Nominated, Silver Birch Express Award, OLA
Editorial Reviews
“This tender, gentle book conveys the complexities of sibling relationships while also matter-of-factly describing a loving same-sex relationship . . . An affirming tale of family and acceptance.”
Kirkus Reviews
“Fans of the Salma series will be delighted with this second installment … The illustrations add texture, cultural details provide depth, and a universal message of acceptance rounds everything out beautifully.”
Booklist, *starred review
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