Sakina and the Uninvited Guests
When a sandstorm descends upon the city, Sakina and her mama forego their plans to visit the beach and head to the local museum instead. While Sakina yawns and scowls at the boring old relics, her mama's eyes keep filling with tears, moved by the details she recognizes: Doesn't this look like my uncle? My mother used to have a ring like this.

But when it's finally time to leave the museum, Sakina returns home with something unexpected . . .

Can three uninvited guests help Sakina see the museum through her mama's eyes?

This gorgeous, sweeping picture book illuminates the incredible power of art: it humanizes our ancestors, connects us to the past and to each other, and reflects the essential, universal human need to be understood and remembered.

Discover another deeply moving story from the Ezra Jack Keats Illustration Honoree Zahra Marwan, creator of the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book Where Butterflies Fill the Sky.

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Sakina and the Uninvited Guests
When a sandstorm descends upon the city, Sakina and her mama forego their plans to visit the beach and head to the local museum instead. While Sakina yawns and scowls at the boring old relics, her mama's eyes keep filling with tears, moved by the details she recognizes: Doesn't this look like my uncle? My mother used to have a ring like this.

But when it's finally time to leave the museum, Sakina returns home with something unexpected . . .

Can three uninvited guests help Sakina see the museum through her mama's eyes?

This gorgeous, sweeping picture book illuminates the incredible power of art: it humanizes our ancestors, connects us to the past and to each other, and reflects the essential, universal human need to be understood and remembered.

Discover another deeply moving story from the Ezra Jack Keats Illustration Honoree Zahra Marwan, creator of the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book Where Butterflies Fill the Sky.

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Sakina and the Uninvited Guests

Sakina and the Uninvited Guests

by Zahra Marwan
Sakina and the Uninvited Guests

Sakina and the Uninvited Guests

by Zahra Marwan

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Overview

When a sandstorm descends upon the city, Sakina and her mama forego their plans to visit the beach and head to the local museum instead. While Sakina yawns and scowls at the boring old relics, her mama's eyes keep filling with tears, moved by the details she recognizes: Doesn't this look like my uncle? My mother used to have a ring like this.

But when it's finally time to leave the museum, Sakina returns home with something unexpected . . .

Can three uninvited guests help Sakina see the museum through her mama's eyes?

This gorgeous, sweeping picture book illuminates the incredible power of art: it humanizes our ancestors, connects us to the past and to each other, and reflects the essential, universal human need to be understood and remembered.

Discover another deeply moving story from the Ezra Jack Keats Illustration Honoree Zahra Marwan, creator of the New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book Where Butterflies Fill the Sky.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781547613427
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 04/29/2025
Pages: 40
Product dimensions: 10.04(w) x 10.04(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range: 4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Zahra Marwan grew up in two deserts: one close to the sea in Kuwait, the other close to the mountains in New Mexico. She is a fine artist who exhibits extensively and has won international awards and fellowships, including a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book, NPR Best Books of 2022, an Ezra Jack Keats Honor for Illustration, a Dilys Evans Founders Award from the Society of Illustrators, and more. She studied the visual arts in France and currently lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she keeps a small studio at the Harwood Art Center.
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