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    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
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    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community

    By Rukhsana Khan, Elisa Carbone and Uma Krishnaswami

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    In the midst of global turmoil, with people of various faiths in major conflict, three friends—a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu—decided to write a book. Many Windows is a book about young people who are friends despite their religious differences. It’s a book about celebrations, that ultimately celebrates community. Many Windows is a collection of seven stories about six children who are in the same class at school, two white boys, a black girl, a Chinese girl, an Indian girl and a Pakistani boy. They are not necessarily friends, but they all come together in one commnunity at the end of the stories. Each story in the collection centres on a different celebration within the faith of that child. In the appendix, each of the celebrations is explained in more depth, as it is celebrated within that faith community: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Each story represents a window into the life of the child, or, from a different point of view, the child’s window looking out to the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateJun 1, 2008
    ISBN9781459726369
    Many Windows: Six Kids, Five Faiths, One Community
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    Rukhsana Khan

    RUKHSANA KHAN is an award-winning author and storyteller. Born in Lahore, Pakistan, she is an expert on books with international and Muslim themes. She has presented at schools and communities across Canada and the US, as well as at the 2006 ALA Conference in New Orleans and the 2008 IBBY Congress in Denmark. Her book, Wanting Mor won the Middle East Book Award. Rukhsana lives in Toronto with her family.

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