Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with these picture book reads! 📚 Arab Americans trace their ancestry to over 20 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. Join us in honoring their rich cultures and contributions with a curated reading list from The Carle Bookshop—highlighting Arab American authors, illustrators, and stories. Find the full list here: https://tinyurl.com/bd96scjm 📕A Sky Blue Bench by Bahram Rahman and illustrated by Peggy Collins (Pajama Press, 2021) 📘The Cat Man of Aleppo by Irene Latham & Karim Shamsi-Basha and illustrated by Yuko Shimizu (G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2020) 📗A Map for Falasteen by Maysa Odeh and illustrated by Aliaa Betawi (Henry Holt and Co., 2024) 📔Where Butterflies Fill the Sky by Zahra Marwan (Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2022) 📕The Arabic Quilt : An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil and illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan (Tilbury House Publishers, 2020) 📘Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers by Uma Mishra-Newbery & Lina Al-Hathloul and illustrated by Rebecca Green (Minedition, 2022) 📗Deep in the Sahara by Kelly Cunnane and illustrated by Hoda Hadadi (Schwartz & Wade, 2013) (fb)

"There are lots of things we don't know. We don't know where we were before we were born or where we go when we die. But right this minute, we are here together on this beautiful planet." — Sophie Blackall, from "If You Come to Earth" 🌍 Congratulations to Sophie Blackall on her nomination for the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award! We're honored to have her incredible work represented in our upcoming exhibition, "Open + Shut: Celebrating the Art of Endpapers", opening April 19. This endpaper illustration concludes Blackall's picture book "If You Come to Earth", a gorgeous guide to our planet. 🎨 Sophie Blackall, Illustration for If You Come to Earth (Chronicle Books). Collection of the artist. © 2020 Sophie Blackall. (fb)