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Deep in the Sahara

In Mauritania, West Africa, an Arab girl who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.

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Main Author:	Cunnane, Kelly
Other Authors:	Hadadi, Hoda (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, Ã2013.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Hijab (Islamic clothing) > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	In Mauritania, West Africa, an Arab girl who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
Item Description:	"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Audience:	Ages 4-8.
Awards:	"A Junior Library Guild selection"--Jacket flap. A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN:	9780375870347 0375870342 9780525645665 9780375970344 0375970347
Author Notes:	KELLY CUNNANE received the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award for her picture book For You Are a Kenyan Child, which the New York Times described as "entrancing . . . an inviting introduction to a different culture." Her book Chirchir Is Singing was an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book. Kelly has lived and taught in Kenya and Mauritania and currently lives in Beals, Maine. HODA HADADI is a children's books illustrator living and working in Tehran, Iran. She has illustrated more than forty books for children and has won numerous international prizes, including the New Horizons Bologna Ragazzi Award and the Grand Prix of Belgrade. This is her first U.S. picture book.