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Ghazali Children’s Books

My wife recently found this fantastic resource for Islamic Children’s books. It says on their home page,

Fons Vitae (“al-Kauthar” or “fountain of life”) has been translating and publishing the work of Imam Al-Ghazali for many years, and believes that our children should have the best. That’s why for the past decade we have embarked on the huge task of translating all 40 volumes of Ghazali’s Revival of the Islamic Sciences, as well as re-crafting those books into a children’s book series so that our children can discover what’s at the heart of their faith. We hope to hand back to our children the ownership and inner dignity of their spiritual lives, making it possible for them to be self-observant and self-correcting.

She originally found them here where they were raising money.

Learn more at their website Ghazali Children

Miraj Audi produces and sells wonderful audio based stories you can buy and download online. We listen to them often in the car. Some of our favorites are those about Salah ad-Din. Also AbdulQadir’s Treasure.

Learn More at the Miraj Audio website.

Noor Kids

Noor Kids publishes Islamic Children’s books that beautifully share Islamic values. This is another series of books that our son enjoyed whenever a new one arrived in the mail.

Learn more on the Noor Kids website.

Or use this link to sign up and receive the first month free.

Hamza the Muslim Boy

Deen Kids prints a number of books featuring Hamza that are perfect for introducing your young English speaking child to Islam.

Hamza’ First Fast
Hamza Learns Wudu
Hamza Learns About Eid-ul-Adha
Hamza Learns about Charity
Hamza Learns about Religions
Hamza Learns about Hajj
Hamza’s Heros

Learn more at the Deen Kids Website.

Is your creative child struggling in school?

Here are two great articles that might help you understand right brained learners, how schools are mostly oriented towards teaching left brain learners, and how you can help and appreciate your right brained child.

Why Do Right-Brained Kids Seem to Struggle?

The Natural Learning Development for Right-Brained Children

Omar Series

There is a wonderful 30 part series of videos called the Omar Series. Each one is about 45 minutes long and it starts in Mecca before the Prophet, Peace be upon him, received revelation – and continues until Omar dies. English subtitles. View on Youtube. NOTE that the playlist linked there starts backwards, with #30, so you want to go to number 1 and start there.

UPF Films

Unity Productions Foundation makes useful Muslim English speaking short films such as the recent “American Muslims: Fact vs Fiction” and one that is currently in production called The Sultan and the Saint.

From their website:

“The mission of Unity Productions Foundation (UPF) is to counter bigotry and create peace through the media. UPF produces films that tell compelling stories for television, online viewing, and theatrical release.”

Muslim Stories for Children (audio)

These are wonderful stories to listen to in the car or whenever you are on the go with your children. We have listened to them over and over for years, I think since our son was about 5 or 6 years old. I don’t remember where we bought them, but I found them in a few places online such as here.