Whole class reading ages 5 to 8. ( )

This story has a beautiful message on how students should be proud to share their culture and how their classroom enviornment should be a safe and welcoming place to do so. ( )

This book is for primary age to intermediate level students (depending on use in the classroom). This book outlines the struggles of a young Muslim girl to share her participation in Ramadan with the rest of her class; despite being proud of her culture's traditions, young Lailah somehow can't find the courage to share this part of her life with her class until she meets a friendly voice that encourages her to explain her traditions to her classmates.
This book touches on subjects such as religion that may not be a prevalent topic in the classroom. It is a valuable resource for teachers to use to possibly teach about different religions, and have a discussion about the differences between students. This book goes to validate and represent a diversity of thought, and is a very relevant story to the experiences of children of a minority background, especially regarding religion.

From the perspective of an elementary student named Lailah who is celebrating the Ramadan story by fasting, but the act of fasting at school was difficult in the United States as her peers are worried about missing her lunch and thinking she will be hungry. I would use this story for grades 4th-5th as a great story of empathy, but also for an introduction to the cultures present in the United States and different traditions that can be present within our own classroom.

Lailah's Lunchbox is a story about Lailah and how she is fasting for the whole month of Ramadan with her family. This book could be good to teach children about Ramadan and the Muslim faith. And how some religions fast for certain periods because of certain festivals in the religion.