Daniel And Ismail

Juan Pablo Iglesias author Alex Peris illustrator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Restless Books

Published:15th Aug '19

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An uplifting picture book about a Jewish boy and a Muslim boy who bond on the soccer field - translated into English, Hebrew, and Arabic. Two boys, one Jewish and the other Muslim, bond over their shared love of soccer in this beautifully illustrated picture book. Daniel and Ismael, one Jewish and the other Muslim, don't know each other yet, but they have more in common than they could ever imagine. Right after they meet in a park, the ball starts rolling, and soon they're starring in the greatest soccer game of all, the kind where the scoreboard doesn't matter. Restless Books will publish Daniel & Ismael in a tri-lingual edition, with English, Hebrew, and Arabic all sharing the page.

“...[A]n alter­na­tive fable, one where the joy of friend­ship and the com­fort­ing dreams of their inte­ri­or lives allows Daniel and Ismail to ignore the hatred which threat­ens them…. The book’s end­ing is reas­sur­ing, although not with­out a touch of sad­ness. Jew­ish and Pales­tin­ian chil­dren play togeth­er, both on the field and in their dreams of the future. There is no men­tion of the adults who react­ed with hor­ror at the spon­ta­neous com­pan­ion­ship of two boys with a soc­cer ball on a beau­ti­ful day. Daniel and Ismail is high­ly rec­om­mend­ed for chil­dren and will also be of inter­est to adults who are hope­ful about the future.”

-- Emily Schneider * Jewish Book Counc

ISBN: 9781632061560

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40 pages