BOOKS
Created: 11th January, 2023

The Kindest Red

Author: Ibtihaj Muhammad and S.K. Ali
Illustrator: Hatem Aly
Publisher: Andersen Press

COLLECTION

Literature

YEAR GROUP

Years 1 and 2

BOOK TYPE

The highly-anticipated sequel to The Proudest Blue; which explores sisterhood, and kindness, from trailblazer and Olympic medallist Ibtihaj Muhammad.

I want a kind world. A world where kindness passes from one to another.

When Faizah's teacher asks her class to imagine what kind of world they want to live in Faizah imagines a world where everyone is kind to one another, and tries to create that world in the school playground. But what Faizah wants most is be like her big sister, Asiya. Will Faizah's classmates repay her kindness and find a way for her to match Asiya in time for school photo day?

An important and uplifting story about celebrating each other's differences and similarities.

Read our blog post with illustrator Hatem Aly

 

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