Ramadan for Everyone: A Muslim Community Story -- Aya Khalil, Hardcover

Celebrate Ramadan with this heartwarming picture book about sisterhood, faith, and acts of service.

Ramadan is here! And this year, Habeeba is finally going to fast all day, every day, and pray all the special Ramadan prayers at night at the masjid, just like her older sister, Sumaya. The holy month is filled with decorations, beading, crafts, delicious recipes, religious ceremonies--so much activity that it's hard for Habeeba to stay awake during prayer services or to resist Baba's gooey, cheese-filled kunafa drenched in sweet syrup when she gets home from school. Habeeba is discouraged. How else can she be observant like Sumaya?

Beautifully illustrated with cozy Ramadan decorations throughout, this sibling story delivers the comforting message that selflessness and patience--not perfection--are the most valuable treasures.

Author: Aya Khalil
Publisher: Christy Ottaviano Books-Little Brown and Hach
Published: 01/27/2026
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Size: 11.25h x 8.75w x 0.38d
ISBN: 9780316577441
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2025

About the Author
Aya Khalil is the award-winning author of The Night Before Eid: A Muslim Family Story and The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story, which is an NCTE's Charlotte Huck Award Recommended Book and the winner of the Arab American Book Award, among other honors. Aya holds a master's degree in education and works as a freelance journalist, whose articles have been featured in The Huffington Post and Brit & Co., among other publications. She immigrated from Egypt to the United States when she was young and currently lives in the Midwest. Aya invites you to visit her online at ayakhalil.com

Rashin Kheiriyeh was born in Khorramshahr, Iran. She received a PhD in illustration and an MFA in graphic design from Alzahra University in Tehran. She has published over one hundred books and created illustrations for The New Yorker and The New York Times. Rashin received the 2021 Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picture Book of the Year Award and was a 2017 Maurice Sendak Fellow. She won the New Horizon Award at the Bologna Book Fair. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and lives in Washington, DC. Rashin invites you to visit her online at rashinart.com