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Siman Nuurali
What happens when a tortoise challenges a hare to a race? Read this popular West African tale to find out. There's more than one way to teach a boastful hare…
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Sadiq wants to earn money to buy a birthday gift for Hooyo. A lemonade stand provides inspiration and, after some business advice, Sadiq, Zaza and Manny start a cookie delivery…
Sadiq is eager to join the new school newspaper. He's a good writer, and he likes asking lots of questions! But when Katy, the student editor-in-chief, hands out reporting assignments…
Sadiq cannot wait to show his family heirloom drum, called a durbaan, to his friends at school, especially Gabi, who is deaf, but when a mishap occurs with Hooyo's durbaan…
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As Ramadan nears, Sadiq and his friends form the Money Makers Club to plan a community fundraiser, an iftar, but when Zaza stops participating Sadiq gets upset with him.
From debut author Siman Nuurali comes fun-loving third grader Sadiq and his lively Somali American family. Sadiq has many interests, from soccer to video games to cooking (and eating!) samosas…
When Sadiq and his classmates host a festival celebrating their own cultures, they find a way to make sure everyone in their class has traditions to share.
When Sadiq and his friends form a theater club Sadiq, as director, thinks he must do everything until the director of his big sister Aliya’s show tells him about delegating…
A young Somali American and his classmates design a model city to withstand floods, using river walls, floodgates, gutters, and rain gardens.
After a family hike in a nearby park, Sadiq forms the Explorers Club with his friends, who then help a neighbor create a nature-themed scavenger hunt for the Fourth of…
Will their friendship survive when eight-year-olds Saliq and Manny both decide to run for class president?
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Sadiq and his friends are starting a video game club at school. They have fun playing together and planning a tournament for the whole school to participate in. But when…
What happens when a tortoise challenges a hare to a race? Read this popular West African tale to find out. There’s more than one way to teach a boastful hare…
Sadiq’s parents suggest he takes up running. From the start, Sadiq has a bad attitude about Run Club. Can his coach convince him that being tough and competitive doesn’t always…
Sadiq’s father is going on a business trip, but before he goes he tells Sadiq a story of the Desert Star, which fits in perfectly with Sadiq’s third grade class…
Even though it’s summer, Sadiq goes to religious school four days a week to study the Quran. He and his friends find their teacher, Mr. Kassim, strict and intimidating, but…
Eight-year-old Sadiq wants to try out for the youth football team like his friends, but his parents feel he’s too young, and instead suggest that he take up running and…
Sadiq is looking forward to being a drummer in the school band when he's old enough. When Hooyo shows Sadiq a family heirloom - a drum called a durbaan -…
After a field trip to the Festival of Nations, Sadiq and his classmates are inspired to host a festival celebrating their own cultures. Sadiq is excited to host a booth…
This popular West African tale follows the events of the famous race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
Sadiq’s third grade class decides that they want a classroom pet, and their teacher, Ms. Battersby, is okay with the idea, so the students form a club to decide what…
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"In order to earn enough money to buy a birthday gift for his mother Sadiq, his siblings, and his friends start a cookie delivery business, but baking and delivering cookies…
"His school is starting a newspaper club, and Sadiq wants to be a reporter--but he is troubled because the editor-in-chief, Katy, seems more intent on embarrassing people with gossip than…
Meet Sadiq, a Somali American third-grader who loves to bring people together! In these four stories–Sadiq and the Green Thumbs, Sadiq and the Desert Star, Sadiq and the Pet Problem…
