Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story | Reem Faruqi, Lyon back to school Happy Chinese New Year

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But the 1950s are yielding to the new spirit of liberation in the 1960s

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and graduated from School of Visual Arts in 2000

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Lailah's Lunchbox: A Ramadan Story | Reem Faruqi, Lyon back to school Happy Chinese New YearLailah solves her problem with help from the school librarian and her teacher and in doing so learns that she can make new friends who respect her beliefs. This gentle, moving story from first time author Reem Faruqi comes to life in Lea Lyon's vibrant illustrations. Lyon uses decorative arabesque borders on intermittent spreads to contrast the ordered patterns of Islamic observances with the unbounded rhythms of American school days. Fountas &