This book would be good for primary students. This book is "My First Ramadan (My First Holiday)" written and illustrated by Karen Katz and published in 2007. This book tells the reader about the holiday of Ramadan in very easy words for children that have never heard about it to try and understand the basic elements of the holiday. I would definitely use this in my classroom to teach about ramadan, especially if there is someone in my classroom that celebrates it so that their culture and holidays feel represented in my classroom and so that the class understand why a classmate might be doing things differently than them.

A good book introducing Ramadan to children. ( )

My First Ramadan is the story of a boy who is experiencing his first Ramadan. This story gives information on the traditions that are carried out during this time. This book teaches learners diversity in learning the traditions of Muslims.

I really liked this book for its simplicity in pictures and literature. As a person who greatly values teaching children about other cultures, I feel that this book allows the learner at a very young age to be introduced to Ramadan as a religious holiday as well as giving Muslim children a chance to be represented.

I liked this book as an introduction to Ramadan, but not as much as I liked *Ramadan Moon*. This one was better in that it gave more specific information about what happens during Ramadan, but there was something that felt a little 'teach-y' about it.

In viewing other works by the author, it appears as though she has an interest in writing about different cultures' special holidays, so I'm a little curious about her... I think there's a fine line between speaking ABOUT and speaking FOR another culture than one's own, and though this story is cute enough, it lacks a genuine excitement. It feels as though it's written by someone not Muslim. (I may be way off about that-- I'm not certain of how she identifies religiously, but something about the tone is different than Na'ima Robert and Shirin Adl's *Ramadan Moon*.) ( )