Muslim Family Blog | Ruqaya's Bookshelf

With Ramadan 2025 a little over two weeks away, some of us may be thinking about the approaching month with trepidation. There’s so much to think a...

How important are Muslim children’s books in shaping our kids’ Islamic identity? Very! Many of us grew up reading stories about characters who bore...

It’s hard to believe that the sacred month of Ramadan is just around the corner! One of Ruqaya’s Bookshelf’s five titles that are centred around th...

Growing Giddo’s Hair by Sumayyah Hussein is the last of our five newest books available for pre-order. Nuh wants to give his grandpa something amaz...

Sarah Musa’s Dawud Helps is one of our newest books available for pre-order. It tells the story of Dawud, whose Papa is struggling to make ends mee...

Rahim, Wali, and the Wise King by S.V.K. Jungle is one of our newest books available for pre-order. It’s set in an old Muslim kingdom and tells the...

One of our newest books available for pre-order is Sido’s Prayer Beads by Sumayyah Hussein. It tells the story of Musa, who is grappling with his g...

Sarah Musa’s The Mismatched Finjan is one of our newest books available for pre-order. It tells the story of Mariam, who’s always wanted to be a fl...

Calling all book addicts! Ruqaya’s Bookshelf is pleased to announce five new additions to our growing book collection, available for a special pre-...

Helal Musleh is the Palestinian-Canadian author of Zaid and the Gigantic Cloud and Secret Recipe Box. Although she was born and raised in Canada, s...

Hoda Elmasry, author of Idrees and the New Old Shoes, is an Egyptian-American mother of two who was bitten by the writing bug back in second grade....

S.V.K. Jungle, author of The Enormous Apple, loves a good story regardless of packaging. “I still watch cartoons even though I’m so old!” she says....