A Very Happy Ramadan Written by A. M. Dassu. Reviewed by Zaki, Age 6

I chose this book to review because my mummy and daddy will be fasting in Ramadan soon and I wanted to learn more about this.

I like all the decorations and colours on the front cover of the book. I love the colours for the title and I like that it’s a story about a boy like me.

Rayhan was too little to fast but he didn’t want porridge for his breakfast so he told his daddy he was fasting. It was funny that he got out of eating lettuce and vegetables so easily because he said he was fasting.

It made me laugh when mummy said tidy up your room and Rayhan said no I’m fasting to try and get out of it. Rayhan tried so hard to fast, but his tummy was rumbling so loud that he ate a strawberry and then he felt so sad that he’d broken his first fast.

My favourite part of the story is when Rayhan is getting out of the house because it was harder to fast than he thought and his tummy was rumbling so much.

It was sad when Rayhan broke his fast but at least he tried. I learned about Ramadan and how it is hard not to eat anything for the whole day. I learned that giving money, helping people and smiling are other ways of doing good deeds in Ramadan.

I like the information at the back of the book about Ramadan. I like the pictures of the different foods.

This is one of the best book I’ve ever read, it’s so colourful and the author used their imagination to write a really great story. I like the zig zag on some of the pages to show that Rayhan is hungry.

This book has given me some ideas of how to help people who might be fasting by showing kindness and smiling.

I will take this book to school to share information about Ramadan with my class.