customs and practices

When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banished to America and serves as an indentured servant for a New York City family that expects her to follow their Jewish traditions.

A collection of stories and poems about Muslim children from a variety of backgrounds, focusing on the celebration of holidays and practices of Islam.

After a devastating fire in the hills of Oakland, California, during Sukkoth, a Jewish family and their neighbors find symbols of hope amidst the ashes.

Explores the symbols, customs, rituals and folklore underlying the celebration of Hanukkah and Passover. Presented with traditional songs, folk tales, and arts and crafts.

Yasmin's grandmother teaches her a Muslim's daily prayers, makes prayer clothes, and gives a gift to help Yasmin remember when to pray.

The arrival of new student Marwa, a fellow sixth-grader who is a strict Muslim, helps Aliya come to terms with her own lukewarm practice of the faith and her embarrassment over others' reactions to their beliefs.

In simple rhyming text a young Muslim girl and her family guide the reader through the traditions and colors of Islam.

Introduces Sikh festivals through quotations from children talking about their religious lives as well as through information boxes and extracts from sacred texts.

Introduces the different festivals celebrated in the Jewish faith.