Reem lives in a bustling, tightknit urban neighborhood; the young narrator adores the community\u2019s Eid traditions, including Mama\u2019s delicious, buttery cookies. But Reem and Mama are moving away just before Eid, and the child is crushed. \u201cAl harakah barakah, Reem. Movement is a blessing,\u201d says Mama. Even with a bigger kitchen to bake in, Reem isn\u2019t so sure. Sensing Reem\u2019s melancholy, Mama suggests they make a batch of cookies together in their new home. Reem finds almost all the ingredients\u2014but wait, where are the walnuts? The cookies won\u2019t be the same! Mama comforts the emotionally overwhelmed Reem with her own story of moving as a child and with advice that taking old traditions somewhere new can make them even better. Reem embraces change, adapting Mama\u2019s recipe with delectable results, and finds someone with whom to start a new tradition: spotting the crescent moon that signifies the start of Eid. Drawing from her own experiences, Dutka gently delivers a compassionate tale of resilience and introspective growth, emphasizing the adage that \u201chome is where you make it.\u201d Firdauzia\u2019s digitally created illustrations, dominated by purples, blues, and greens, focus on facial expressions and body language to convey Reem\u2019s roller coaster of emotions. Reem and Mama have light brown skin. An author\u2019s note offers a sweet message of hope, followed by a recipe for ma\u2019amoul, the story\u2019s unnamed Eid cookie.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Reem lives in a bustling, tightknit urban neighborhood; the young narrator adores the community\u2019s Eid traditions, including Mama\u2019s delicious, buttery cookies. But Reem and Mama are moving away just before Eid, and the child is crushed. \u201cAl harakah barakah, Reem. Movement is a blessing,\u201d says Mama. Even with a bigger kitchen to bake in, Reem […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2182,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}