It was still dark when Lujain's mother woke her up. The stars were twinkling outside the window, and the house was cold...
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Majd Reads Aloud to Grandma on a Rainy Afternoon
Rain was tapping on the windows of Grandma Nawal's apartment. Tap, tap, tap. The sky outside was gray, and the street be...
Rania Wonders Why the Moon Follows the Car
It was late in the evening, and Rania's family was driving home from her aunt's house in the countryside. Rania was s...
Pumpkin the Dormouse Cannot Find a Cozy Bed
Deep in the hedge at the bottom of a quiet meadow, there lived a little dormouse called Pumpkin. She was round and golde...
Bindi the Kangaroo Joey Takes Her First Big Hops
Bindi was a little kangaroo joey with soft brown fur, long pointy ears, and a black nose that twitched whenever she smel...
Naji Borrows Grandpa's Big Garden Gloves
Every Friday morning, Naji went to his grandfather's house. And every Friday morning, Grandpa Saleem was in the garden....
Kenzi and the Puddle That Held the Whole Sky
It rained all night long. It drummed on the roof and pattered on the windows and gurgled down the drainpipe outside Kenz...
Taym Hears the Desert Lullaby on His First Camping Night
Taym had never slept outside before. Not once in his whole six years. So when his father said, "This weekend, we are...
Suha Helps the Clockmaker Find His Tiny Golden Key
At the end of a narrow street in the old market, there was a little shop with a green door and a window full of clocks....