Qasim Rashid

Eight-year-old Hannah is excited when Ramadan finally started, but her grandfather told her she was still too young to participate in the holy month of fasting. He explains to her that there are other ways for her to celebrate though, such as helping to make the world a better place by doing things for others.

She does what she can, but is disappointed that no one seems to know about her good deeds. Her grandfather explains to her that “the best superheroes work in secret, don’t show more they?”

He also pointed out that if she helped others out of love, then she did in fact help make the world a better place, even if it wasn’t better known.

Animation-style illustrations by Aaliya Jaleel are kid-friendly and colorful.

Evaluation: The author makes the point that wanting recognition for good deeds isn’t part of the spirit of Ramadan. I’m not sure however the author convinced Hannah, or young readers (recommended age is 4 and over), what was wrong with conditioning help on receiving praise in return. show less

OwnVoices. Not propaganda. Just a wonderfully enlightening story about an 8 year old girl who learns, as a way to honor Ramadan, how to serve her community by helping others* selflessly... and to celebrate family and friendships.

Highly recommended, esp. to non-Muslim families who want to learn more about people who do things a little differently.

*Just being a good citizen, paying attention to opportunities for simple acts of kindness, donating food and clothing to charities, etc. Everyone, show more whether they pray to Jehovah, Allah, or whatever, can do more of that, after all. show less