E24
E24 - Stories of Belonging: Multilingual Representation in Children's Literature
From Literacy Across Languages · Hosted by Mary Sandoval & Katherine Nelson
2026-05-07·00:38:36
Episode summary
In this episode of Literacy Across Languages: Shifa Saltagi Safadi is the National Book Award-winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid.
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Shifa Saltagi Safadi is the National Book Award-winning author of Kareem Between, the Amina Banana series, and several picture books, including The Gift of Eid. Born in Syria and raised in the United States, she is a bilingual Arabic-English speaker, a former English teacher, and a former reviewer of Muslim children’s books through her blog,…