By Mindful Muslim Reader
The second 10 days of Ramadan are known as the Days of Forgiveness. We show forgiveness to others, with the hope of forgiveness from our Creator ﷻ. Check out these books featuring characters who show forgiveness to others, exhibiting the Divine trait of mending hearts.
The Snatchabook (ages 0-7)
The Snatchabook is a sweet story about empathy, redemption, and forgiveness which centers on a town’s beloved nightly routine of reading, making this a perfect bedtime read-aloud. Young children will see how listening leads to understanding, kindness, and compassion, ultimately helping to “turn a wrong into a right.” Children will also learn the importance of taking responsibility for one’s actions and making amends. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
The Sandwich Swap (ages 4-7)
The Sandwich Swap is a simple, well-crafted story illustrating how a careless exchange between two good friends can spiral out of control, reminding children how important it is to be mindful of their words and the consequences of not doing so. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
The Hundred Dresses (ages 4-10)
Set during the wave of Polish immigration at the turn of the 20th century, The Hundred Dresses teaches young girls why they need courage to speak up in order to right a wrong, how to respect others by appreciating their differences, why the friends you choose are important, what it means to be a good friend, and the beauty of forgiveness. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
Folktales for a Better World (ages 4-10)
The stories found in Folktales for a Better World remind us of the timeless wisdom in the understanding of traditional people across the Muslim world and point our children’s moral compass toward kindness, compassion, justice, and integrity despite hardship and conflict. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
The Rag Coat (ages 4-12)
The Rag Coat illustrates how a strong foundation rooted in faith, family, and community, can provide strength to forgive and ultimately forge friendships. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
Anne of Green Gables (ages 7-14)
Holding grudges can destroy one’s life, while forgiveness can open previously unseen opportunities. What would have happened to Anne if she could not forgive and let go of her petty grievance against Gilbert?
Anne of Green Gables features a young girl who demonstrates an enchanting medley of values including devotion to friends, service and gratitude towards elders, and multi-faceted resilience–all of which come together to produce a heroine that readers will learn from and learn to love. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
Otto of the Silver Hand (ages 9-14)
Otto of the Silver Hand features a young protagonist who endures great hardship and forgives grievous evils that have harmed him and his family. As he grows, he learns to value books and knowledge, gaining wisdom and tranquility. He realizes there is not always an evil villain to defeat and promotes reconciliation by forgiving his enemies with generosity and grace. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
To Kill a Mockingbird (ages 12-15+)
“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.”
To Kill a Mockingbird explores the deep racial prejudice of a small rural town in the Jim-Crow South. The reader is drawn into the lives of Maycomb’s residents—both black and white—through a window into their joys and sorrows. The narrator, a young girl coming of age, examines the ugly reality of racial hatred through the naive eyes of a child who knows no other world. The true hero of the story, however, is her father, Atticus. He guards his honor and word above all else, for what he desires most is to leave his children with the ability to hold their heads high with the knowledge they always acted with moral courage. Find detailed ratings, virtues, struggles, and flags.
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