Golden Eid

Hiba Noor Khan is a double-Masters holder who has worked in refugee advocacy for The Children’s Society, as a physics teacher and as a TV presenter. She is the author of six books for children including Inspiring Inventors, How to Spaghettify Your Dog and The Little War Cat. Her middle grade historical fiction novel Safiyyah's War was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Branford Boase Award, and won the 2024 Jhalak Prize and Indie Book Award. In 2019, she was commissioned to write Malala as part of the Extraordinary Lives Series. She has also written for the Independent, Huffington Post and Amaliah on subjects ranging from Isis to turmeric lattes.Singgih Cahyo Jadmiko is an Indonesia-based illustrator. He graduated from the Bandung Institute of Technology in 2021 with a major in Craft and Ceramic Design. With a passion for painting and illustration, A Golden Eid is his first picture book for Walker.

As a headteacher, this is perfect for our whole school assemblies as well as reading within classrooms linking to RE and PSHE. Beautifully illustrated too, it helps pupils learn more about Eid and encourages Muslim pupils to share their traditions during this celebration. A Golden Eid celebrates families, community and kindness so is a great story to develop empathy, particularly seeing Hafsa’s selflessness with sharing her favourite snack. The Celebrate and Make series is also great as it gives children the opportunity to make things after reading, in this case halwa and Eid decorations. A must have book, and series, for your school!