Nabeel's New Pants: An Eid Tale
, , illus. by Proiti Roy. . Marshall Cavendish, $15.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-7614-5629-2
In this sweet, O. Henry–like story, a cobbler who is always thinking of others has only one favor to ask: that somebody take just a little time out from Eid preparations to hem his new pants—which are “four fingers too long,” as the book's refrain puts it—so he can wear them to the celebration (the Muslim holiday, and other Arabic words sprinkled throughout the text, are defined in the book's glossary). When it finally dawns on his wife, daughter, and mother how fortunate they are to have the generous, even-tempered Nabeel in their lives, each one in turn takes up a needle and thread—leaving the ever-patient Nabeel with the equivalent of capris. Gilani-Williams's (
Reviewed on: 04/05/2010
Genre: Children's