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Mama Shamsi at the Bazaar

by Mojdeh Hassani and Samira Iravani, illustrated by Maya Fidawi

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"The fun of playing under your grandmother’s big chador is front and center in this delightful rhyming tale. Samira is finally old enough to go to the bazaar with her grandmother for the very first time, but it isn’t long before shyness sets in. Yet each time she asks to hide under a different part of her grandmother’s chador, she’s told what kind of silly animal they’d be imitating. Set unofficially at Tehran’s Tajrish Bazaar, this lighthearted book is a magnificent storytime read aloud, full of high jinks, humor and satisfyingly authentic details. (For ages 4 to 8)"
NPR Books We Love — 2023 · apps.npr.org