Children's Fiction Art & Architecture
Yasmin the Painter
- Publisher
- Capstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2018
- Category
- Art & Architecture, Beginner, School & Education
- Recommended Age
- 5 to 8
- Recommended Grade
- k to 3
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781515827313
- Publish Date
- Aug 2018
- List Price
- $10.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781515827283
- Publish Date
- Aug 2018
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
Yasmin's painting for the art contest is due Friday, but she has lots of excuses for putting it off. She doesn't know what to paint, she doesn't think she's any good, and painting is messy. Turns out a mess is just what Yasmin needs for inspiration!
About the authors
Saadia Faruqi
est une auteure américaine d'origine pakistanaise. Activiste
interconfessionnelle et formatrice en sensibilisation aux réalités
culturelles, elle a déjà été mentionnée dans The Oprah Magazine.
Elle est l'auteure de la série de nouvelles pour adultes Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage from Pakistan. Ses essais
ont été publiés dans le Huffington Post, Upworthy, et NBC Asian
America. Elle vit à Houston, au Texas avec son mari et ses enfants.
Saadia Faruqi is a Pakistani American writer, activist, and cultural sensitivity trainer previously profiled in O Magazine. She is the author of the adult short-story collection, Brick Walls: Tales of Hope & Courage from Pakistan. Her essays have been published in Huffington Post, Upworthy, and NBC Asian America. She resides in Houston, Texas.
Hatem Aly is an Egyptian-born illustrator who currently lives in beautiful New Brunswick, Canada, with his wife, son, and more pets than people. He has illustrated many books for young people that earned multiple starred reviews and positions on the New York Times bestseller list including The Proudest Blue by Ibtihaj Muhammad and S. K. Ali, In My Mosque by M. O. Yuksel, the Newbery Honor winner The Inquisitor’s Tale by Adam Gidwitz, The Unicorn Rescue Society series also by Adam Gidwitz with several amazing coauthors, Meet Yasmin by Saadia Faruqi, Raj’s Rule (for the Bathroom at School) with Lana Button, How to Feed Your Parents by Ryan Miller, and Ethan and the Strays by John Sullivan. He has more upcoming books and projects in the works. You can find him online @MetaHatem or MetaHatem.com.
Awards
- Winner, Wisconsin State Reading Association
- Winner, We Are Kid Lit
- Winner, Girls of the Crescent
