An Arab girl of the Sahara who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
In Mauritania, West Africa, an Arab girl who wants to wear a malafa, the veiled dress worn by her mother and older sister, learns that the garment represents beauty, mystery, tradition, belonging, and faith.
Lalla, a young girl living in the Muslim part of West Africa, greatly desires to wear a beautiful malafa like her mother, sister, and cousin, but when she asks those women of authority in her life to have one, they tell her about all the tradition and Islamic religious significance of the malafa and why it is not just any lady who can wear one.
Presents a children's book for early readers about a little Kenyan boy who gets distracted by all there is to see and do and forgets what his mama asked him to do.
