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Way to Jannah
Zayd poses a question to his mother as they climb up a wintery mountain path: "Mummy, what do I say if I want to go to Jannah?" Time after time, Zayd tries answering his own question, never quite getting it right. His mother comments on his efforts, teaches him new words of remembrance, but never gives the answer away. Will Zayd ever find the right words? And will it be as simple as he expected? You'll have to join mother and son at the spectacular mountain peak to find out...
20 pages, Board Book
First published July 17, 2011
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August 4, 2017
This was only the second board book I managed to find for my little girl! At first glance I was excited and thought it looks like a good quality book for young children with colourful pictures, and the price was ok too. However unfortunately my daughter didn't share my excitement and we didn't read it more than a couple of times. I think she isn't captured by the characters as although I know about the implications of drawings, paintings and pictures of people in Islam, they simply don't compare and make her feel like the characters in other children's books. Also she has ripped off all the paper flaps and I can't remember what the text on those was.
If you are considering buying this book, please consider the newly published children's book 'My First Book About the Qur'an' by Sara Khan first. That is a book I cannot find a fault in and wish I had when my 7 year old son was a toddler/young child- although he still enjoyed it now and gets involved with the questions and answers and discussions around the text suggested by the author (please see my separate review about her book).
If you are considering buying this book, please consider the newly published children's book 'My First Book About the Qur'an' by Sara Khan first. That is a book I cannot find a fault in and wish I had when my 7 year old son was a toddler/young child- although he still enjoyed it now and gets involved with the questions and answers and discussions around the text suggested by the author (please see my separate review about her book).
May 13, 2017
This book explains how to say in our life when we start to do something, end our job, how to say thank, look the view to kids. and the lift up book and the pictures help the kids to learn them.
Usually Rayyan says thank you when he thanks and know he ask me. why we say jazaakallah?
Usually Rayyan says thank you when he thanks and know he ask me. why we say jazaakallah?
September 25, 2019
"Do I say... bismillah?" / "That's what you say when you start something," said Mummy."
This is another Learning Roots book with their lovely bold graphics. The Way to Jannah is about a little boy who asks his mother 'What do I say if I want to go to Jannah?' and then guesses a few Islamic phrases before he eventually works out it's the shahadah. It's a board book with flaps to make it more fun for little ones. I like that it's repetitive so the child can focus on the content (Islamic phrases). When we first started reading this to our daughter when she was about 12 months, she would giggle every time we read Zayd's guesses ("Do I say... Assalamu alaikum?") and babble her own answer.
As with all Learning Roots books, none of the characters have faces. Although it might be strange if you're not used to it, I don't feel it takes away from the graphics and my daughter never seemed to mind (even as a baby when she was even more attracted to the faces in pictures).
The biggest downside to this book is that it isn't always phrased in a simple, child friendly way. When I read it to my daughter (1 year), I usually change the wording of words like 'intend' to 'plan' and 'seek' to 'ask'. It's also worth mentioning that, as with all cardboard flap books, toddlers love destroying them. Our copy is currently in our in-house 'Book Hospital' awaiting stitches.
This is one of those books that may get a bit boring for the parent, but the little ones are happy to read it over and over.
This is another Learning Roots book with their lovely bold graphics. The Way to Jannah is about a little boy who asks his mother 'What do I say if I want to go to Jannah?' and then guesses a few Islamic phrases before he eventually works out it's the shahadah. It's a board book with flaps to make it more fun for little ones. I like that it's repetitive so the child can focus on the content (Islamic phrases). When we first started reading this to our daughter when she was about 12 months, she would giggle every time we read Zayd's guesses ("Do I say... Assalamu alaikum?") and babble her own answer.
As with all Learning Roots books, none of the characters have faces. Although it might be strange if you're not used to it, I don't feel it takes away from the graphics and my daughter never seemed to mind (even as a baby when she was even more attracted to the faces in pictures).
The biggest downside to this book is that it isn't always phrased in a simple, child friendly way. When I read it to my daughter (1 year), I usually change the wording of words like 'intend' to 'plan' and 'seek' to 'ask'. It's also worth mentioning that, as with all cardboard flap books, toddlers love destroying them. Our copy is currently in our in-house 'Book Hospital' awaiting stitches.
This is one of those books that may get a bit boring for the parent, but the little ones are happy to read it over and over.
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