Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns: A Muslim Book of Colors

This book is very brief but enlightening on the lives of a typical Muslim Family. Two parents with a daughter pray five times a day. The mother wears the traditional headdress and the grandfather wears a Kufi, a religious symbol that is similar to that of the Jewish Yam-aka. The themes of this book is the Mosque, and the Muslim family. The pictures are fascinating and speak a thousand words to the audience. It talks about what the religion Islam is based upon, Prayer, fasting, pilgrimage to mecca, and the proclamation of faith put into the context of this family. very illustrative with each color attraction the attention of the reader.

I really liked the illustrations in the book and found them to be very neat and colorful. I like how the book is informative on the Muslim religion. Its something the children can easily catch on to and enjoy as well.

This Muslim book of colors teaches colors using traditional Muslim items such as a Hijab.

I liked reading the book, "Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns." I liked the format of the book. For example, the book rhymed. I liked how each page had a specific color and then it was related to the Islamic culture. For instance, one of the pages wrote, "Red is the rug Dad kneels on to pray, facing towards Mecca, five times a day." Secondly, I liked how the book was informative about the Islamic culture. Each page makes learning fun because of the rhyming. For example, I did not know a "mosque" was where Muslims went to pray together. The main idea of the story is about Muslims and the Islamic culture.

Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns by Hena Kahn is a beautiful picture book that teaches colors through a Muslim perspective.The book follows a mother and daughter as they walk through their community. The daughter points out the colors of her life and their significance to her.I read the book with my daughter. As we're not Muslims, she had some questions about the different words and the traditions mentioned. It gave us a chance to chat.For anyone worried (and the book has been challenged), there is NOTHING bad about this book. It is a typical concept book that features a child and her family and a lesson on colors. The only difference is the setting and frankly there needs to be a greater diversity of characters and setting in children's literature.

Lovely book that uses colors and rhyming text to introduce aspects of being Muslim and the religion of Islam.