pakistani americans

Nadia and Nadir can't wait to have a sleepover in their backyard. But missing treats and critter footprints have them thinking of monsters. Eventually, they set up a plan to track down the creature and figure out what nightly visitor is in their backyard. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.

Yasmin gathers a cape and mask and sets out to find a villain to defeat with her "super powers"--However there are no villains hiding on her block, just neighbors who need a little help.

Muslim Pakistani American twins Zara and Zeeshan Aziz are as different as can be and fight constantly. When they can't stop bickering on their family trip to Key West, Florida, their parents confiscate their phones and force them to spend time with each other without any technology. While kayaking, Zara and Zeeshan come across a sick loggerhead turtle, and the twins must put aside their differences and join forces to save her.

When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.

Eleven-year-old Zara is less than thrilled to be spending spring break with her brother and grandparents, but she is determined to have fun and show her retired grandfather how to start living his best life.

Eighteen-year-old Pakistani American Zahra makes an impulsive decision to run away from home and move to New York in an attempt to heal, learn to love herself, and renew her faith in family while navigating mental health and religious guilt.

Ten-year-old (nearly eleven) Zara's nickname is "Queen of the Neighborhood" because she organizes the other children (even the older ones), sets the rules, and generally makes sure everyone has fun; but now another ten-year-old, Naomi, has moved in across the street and she has her own ideas about fun games, and suddenly the other kids (even Zara's younger brother Zayd) are listening to Naomi--if she is going to retain her influence Zara needs to come up with something quick, and an old copy of the Guinness Book of World Records gives her an idea.

Twelve-year-old Adnan dreams of making it to the Ultimate Table Tennis championship, but when tragedy strikes his family, Adnan loses his passion for table tennis and must learn to channel his grief and heal.

On a rainy day at recess, second grader Ali Tahir teaches his classmates to make and fly paper airplanes, but when they have a contest to see whose plane can fly farthest, Ali is disappointed by the results of his throw. Includes instructions of making paper airplanes.

Second grader Ali Tahir is excited for the festival of Eid, and looking forward to the family party, but first he has to watch his little brother, Fateh, who is in a very cranky mood, and keeps throwing tantrums.