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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin is not sure she is cut out to be an astronaut, but a class trip to the space museum, and a tour of the mission control exhibit gives her another idea about how she could still be involved in the space program.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: On her family's visit to a farm, Yasmin is thrilled to play with the baby chicks, but when she forgets to close the pen door and one goes missing, Yasmin has to scramble to find it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: While her parents are out to dinner, a bored Yasmin decides to try on some of her mother's clothes, including her new shalwar kameez, which gets ripped--but with the help of Nana, Nani, and a glue-gun, the garment gets fixed, and Yasmin puts on an impromptu fashion show when her parents get home.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin struggles with Ms. Alex's assignment to write an essay about her hero until she realizes that her hero is someone very close to her.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Second grader Ali Tahir is excited for the festival of Eid, and looking forward to the family party, but first he has to watch his little brother, Fateh, who is in a very cranky mood, and keeps throwing tantrums.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Second-grader Ali, his grandfather, and little brother Fateh head to the South Asian market to buy some snacks, but Ali loses Fateh and has to figure out quickly how to find him among the market's many aisles.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2024

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: After carefully planning a visit with Aly and Emma, Yasmin is disappointed to see that they want to play on their own, but a creative compromise may make everyone happy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2020

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin is thrilled about her school's new recycling program, but getting her friends to pitch in is no easy task.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin gathers a cape and mask and sets out to find a villain to defeat with her "super powers"--however there are no villains hiding on her block, just neighbors who need a little help.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, A Capston Imprint 2019

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: When Yasmin discovers an injured cat she immediately slips into the role of vet to care for the animal with the assistance of her grandmother, while her grandfather tries to contact the owner.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2024

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Second grader Ali Tahir considers himself to be a dinosaur expert, but on a class field trip to the natural history museum, Ali keeps getting his facts wrong, and is embarrassed in front of his friends and classmates.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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2 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: When Marya's third-grade class participates in taking care of the school's new garden, Marya wants to be the student leader in charge, but every time she tries to prove she has what it takes to be a leader things get messy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: "Marya loves fall. Every year, her family goes to the town's fall festival and picks out the best pumpkin. But this year, after she sees her frenemy Alexa winning a big, cool pumpkin-shaped trophy, Marya knows she's got to win a trophy for something. It just so happens that her school is going to hold its own fall festival, with games and food and even a hayride. All the ticket sales will go to...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2023

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin is excited but nervous about her first camping trip with her scout troop--and a tent that threatens to collapse does not help.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Nani likes to sit outside and sew, but little things like her thimble keep disappearing. Yasmin turns detective and applies a science lesson to solve the mystery.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin is excited to attend a wedding party, but when the singing starts Yasmin is too shy to join in.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2021

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: On a rainy day at recess, second grader Ali Tahir teaches his classmates to make and fly paper airplanes, but when they have a contest to see whose plane can fly farthest, Ali is disappointed by the results of his throw. Includes instructions of making paper airplanes.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: With her eighth birthday coming up, Marya claims she is having an epic henna party, so now she must convince her family to make it happen and work to pull it off, but everything Marya does seems to end in disaster.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2022

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Meet Yasmin! Yasmin is a spirited second-grader who's always on the lookout for those "aha" moments to help her solve life's little problems. Taking inspiration from her surroundings and her big imagination, she boldly faces any situation, assuming her imagination doesn't get too big, of course! A creative thinker and curious explorer, Yasmin and her multi-generational Pakistani American family...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: In this compilation of four separately published books, Pakistani American second grader Yasmin learns to cope with the small problems of school and home, while gaining confidence in her own skills and creative abilities.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: 2019

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: "Yasmin's family is hosting a big party, but Yasmin is worried that the traditional food her family is cooking is too spicy--so her family challenges Yasmin to come up with a dish of her own." --

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2019

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Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: When spring arrives, Yasmin and her Baba plant a garden but Yasmin's flower seedling keeps wilting until her Nani sits in the sun, revealing to Yasmin what the plant needs.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, A Capstone Imprint 2020

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: Yasmin and her friend Emma are going to the ice rink, but Yasmin is nervous and does not want to admit that she has never skated, so she delays going on the ice as long as possible--but when she falls down Emma's mother offers to teach her, and Emma helps.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books 2022

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JBR PURPLE FAR

Faruqi, Saadia

Summary: "It's hard enough being a kid without being teased for a funny sounding name or wearing a hijab. It's even harder when you're constantly fighting your sibling--and Zara and Zeeshan really can't stand each other. During a family trip to Florida, when the bickering, shoving, and insults reach new heights of chaos, their parents sentence them to the worst possible fate--each other's company! But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2023

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 FAR

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