Banana dream / Hasan Namir ; pictures by Daby Zainab Faidhi.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Holiday House, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780823451005
- 0823451003
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | NAMIR HASAN | Checked out | 07/16/2024 | 33111011090053 | |||
Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Picturebook | NAMIR HASAN | Available | 33111011190929 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A young boy in Iraq yearns to taste the bananas that have been made unavailable by warfare.
Growing up in Iraq after the Gulf War, Mooz didn't always like his name, which means "banana". But when he learns the story behind it, he's proud, even when being teased by his classmates. Now all he yearns for is to taste a banana-a lofty dream in a time when few countries are trading with Iraq, where bananas don't grow.
Inspired by author Hasan Namir's own childhood, Banana Dream is at once a celebration of a seemingly ordinary fruit and a snapshot of how war can alter a landscape. Artist Daby Zainab Faidhi's background in architectural illustration is evident as she brings the story's setting vividly to life.
"Neal Porter Books."
Ages 4 to 8. Holiday House.
Grades K-1. Holiday House.
Eleven-year-old Iraqi, Mooz, yearns to taste the bananas that have been made unavailable by warfare.