Faruqi, Saadia

A young Muslim girl named Yasmin learns all about gardening when she and her Baba start a garden of their own in their backyard. Yasmin then learns a valuable lesson about caring for flowers from watching her Nani.

Yasmin is excited to have her friends Emma and Ali come over, and wants to play dress up. However, when her friends arrive, they have their own ideas about what they should play. Yasmin has to think of something creative to include everyone's ideas.

Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin worries that her family's traditional food is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of her own.

"Yusuf is excited to start middle school in his small Texas town, but with the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coming up, suddenly it feels like the country's same anger and grief is all focused on his Muslim community"--Provided by publisher.

"Yasmin tackles every challenge she faces with her head and her heart! In this collection of four new stories, she helps fix a recycling problem at school, avoids a science fair fiasco, solves a library mystery, and gathers her courage to join in the fun. Yasmin is always willing to give it a try!"--Back cover.

When Ms. Alex is called away from the classroom, she leaves Yasmin in charge, but the other children just ignore her and start acting silly and noisy--until Yasmin thinks up a way to motivate them to finish the math assignment, quietly.

When Yasmin's father explains to her about explorers and maps, Yasmin decides to make a map of her neighborhood and she brings it along on a trip to the farmers' market with her mother--but will the map help her when they are separated?.

Yasmin tackles every challenge she faces with her head and her heart. Whether she's helping to solve a recycling problem at school, trying to avoid a science fair fiasco, searching for a favorite lost book, or gathering her courage to join in the fun, Yasmin is always willing to give it a try!.

It is library day and helper Yasmin is busy shelving books, but suddenly she discovers that her own special book is missing prompting her to calmly retrace her steps.

Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in.