Hajj Story

Festival Stories

by Anita Ganeri

Anita Ganeri retells the traditional stories of world religion festivals with her usual sensitivity and gift for drawing children into the narrative. Exquisite watercolour illustrations breathe warmth and life into the story. Suggestions for activities are included in every book, as well as special recipes that children will enjoy trying out. The two traditional stories associated with the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage are beautifully told in this large format picture book.

Genres: Muslims

Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Anita Ganeri is a highly experienced author of children’s information books, specialising in religion, India/Asia, multiculturalism, geography, biography and natural history. She became a freelance writer after working at Walker Books (as foreign rights manager) and Usborne Publishing (as an editor). Since then, she has written over 300 titles, including the best-selling Horrible Geography series for Scholastic. The series won the Geographical Association Silver Award in 1999 and was cited as being ‘an innovation that all geographers will applaud’. She is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society where she conducts most of her research for the books.

Reviews

[Tracey · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book very informative about the traditions associated with the Muslim Hajj and about what happens when during the pilgrimage to Makkah. I enjoy learning about other religions and feel it is important to teach the younger generation about the different religions. Lovely illustrations and pictures and an excellent read.