Reading Recommendations

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April 2026

Adults: Celebrate National Pet Month

Furmidable foes by Rita Mae Brown
Good grief : on loving pets, here and hereafter by E. B Bartels
No judgments : a novel by Meg Cabot
The blanket cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu
Rethinking rescue : Dog Lady and the story of America's forgotten people and pets by Carol Lynn Mithers
All creatures great and small. Season 1
Cute needle felted animal friends : adorable cats, dogs and other pets by Sachiko Susa
The long game : a novel by Elena Armas
On animals by Susan Orlean
My three dogs : a novel by W. Bruce Cameron
My beloved monster : Masha, the half-wild rescue cat who rescued me by Caleb Carr
Mimi Lee gets a clue by Jennifer J Chow

Teens: Arab American Heritage Month

One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram
This Book Won't Burn by Samira Ahmed
Darius the Great Deserves Better by Adib Khorram
The Chandler Legacies by Abdi Nazemian
Cast Away by Naomi Shihab Nye
Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
A Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar
Dead Flip by Sara Farizan
Love From A to Z by SK Ali
Home Is Not a Country by Safia Elhillo
Thief of the Heights by Son M.
All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

Children's: Celebrate National Arab American Heritage Month

Arab Arab All Year Long! by Cathy Camper
Arab Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook by Karim Alwari
The Arabian Nights: Their Best Known Tales by Kate Douglas Wiggin
The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story by Rebecca Hickox
The Grand Mosque of Paris: A Story of How Muslims Rescued Jews During the Holocaust by Karen Gray Ruelle
How Many Donkeys? An Arab Counting Tale by Margaret Read MacDonald
Kareem Between by Shifa Safadi
Legendary Underdogs: The Legends of Ali Baba and Sunjata by Maria Croall
Mariam's Dream: The Story of Miriam Al-Shaar and a Food Truck of Hope by Leila Boukarim
Salma the Syrian Chef by Danny Ramadan
Sitti's Bird, A Gaza Story by Malak Mattar