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Text in Arabic. These series teach children aged 0-3 about the environment around them using hand-drawn illustrations that reflect local Qatari and Gulf culture. The series includes seven books about colors, toys, foods, shapes, camels, falcons, and palm trees.

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Families can be overwhelming, and for Majid, one of four kids, its a positive nightmare! His sister always bosses him around, while his other sister plays with his toys without asking. Even his older brother takes pleasure in teasing him and playing pranks on him. Majid is angry and hes had enough. He wishes more than anything that he was an only child. But what would that really mean? Majid and his mother explore the pitfalls of being an only child, in the hopes of changing his mind.

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Text in Arabic. Have you ever wondered how clowns got their bright, bulbous, red nose? Read the story of Ammar, the young sheppard, to find out!

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Text in Arabic. The pearl fleet has returned from another hard season at sea. The legendary guardian of the Sea Kingdom, Abu Derya, has inflicted a terrible defeat and many ships and sailors have been lost. When Rashids grandmother has a dream in which her grandsons hands are filled with pearls, the villagers are determined to reverse their fortune. But Abu Derya is ready once again to unleash his forces.

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Can you change the world in one week? Thirteen-year-old author, Al Maha Khalid Al Delaimi, sure thinks so! Follow her on a journey with Jana, a fictional character loosely based on the author herself, who learns a new lesson every day of the week while away on vacation. With each passing day, Jana advises readers on personal and civic duties and responsibilities. Small changes by an individual really can impact the world. By adopting Janas values, kids really do make the world a better place.

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Text in Arabic. From the window of his hospital bedroom, a child looks out at the moon. The bright, white moon is reflected on the childs smooth, bare head. More than their similarity in appearance, both the moon and the child are symbols of purity and hope. In her delicate and poetic style, childrens author Muneera Saad Al-Romaihi tackles the poignant subject of brave children fighting the battle for their life where they face disease with a smile, and see the light in the heart of darkness.

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Text in Arabic. Badr is 6-year-old boy who loves to play outside in his garden. But one of his favourite pastimes is not a pleasant one: Badr loves to squash ants. He squishes them and squeezes them. He blocks their path and takes away their food. He stomps on their home and makes their lives miserable. He never thought what it may be like for the ants having to deal with Badr, the ant bully. But one fateful night, Badr gets a taste of his own medicine when he experiences first-hand how it feels to be a tiny ant with a big bully.

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Text in Arabic. These series teach children aged 0-3 about the environment around them using hand-drawn illustrations that reflect local Qatari and Gulf culture. The series includes seven books about colors, toys, foods, shapes, camels, falcons, and palm trees.

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Text in Arabic. Imagine a night without internet. No social media, no chatting, no games or any other form of technology-based entertainment. Could you survive? Noura and Youssef face that exact reality one fateful night when the electricity goes out and they are stuck with their family, in the dark, with seemingly nothing to do. An insightful and reflective tale about how the internet is replacing familial bonds and how emotional connections need to be nurtured by human contact and not via technological means.

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