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Room for Everyone

h1 October 26th, 2021 by jules



 

Over at BookPage, I’ve got a review of Naaz Khan’s Room for Everyone (Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, November 2021), illustrated by Mercè López.

That review is here, and below are some spreads.

Enjoy!



 


“The daladala rumbled and roared, and Musa and Dada were off to the shore to feast on fish at the Friday bazaar by the blue crystal waters of Zanzibar.”
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“Soon after zooming past Zuleikha Street, they saw one old man and his bike with no seat; so the driver honked, pulled to the side, and asked, ‘Dear brother, do you need a ride? It’s hotter than peppers out there in the sun!
Come in, there’s room for everyone!'”
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“Onward they went, with a honk and a toot,
till vendors appeared with three baskets of fruit …”
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ROOM FOR EVERYONE. Text © 2021 by Naaz Khan. Illustrations © 2021 by Mercè López and reproduced by permission of the publisher, Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, an imprint of Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York.





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