Yasmin the Builder
by Saadia Faruqi and Hatem Aly • Book 1 of the Yasmin Series
Two chapter books for newly independent readers introduce Pakistani American Yasmin.... read more
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- Grade
- PK-2
- Genre
- Beginning / Early Reader
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Muslim
- Asian American
Year Published 2018
Word Count 508
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 520L
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 196603, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Elementary schools--Juvenile fiction
- Creative ability--Fiction
- Creative ability--Juvenile fiction
- Schools--Fiction
- Muslim girls--Juvenile fiction
- Muslims--United States--Fiction
- Pakistani Americans--Fiction
- Pakistani Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Building--Fiction
- Makerspaces--Juvenile fiction
- Lists With This Book
- Sample: Skyline Math Texts
Our Original Resources 4
Audio Name Pronunciation with Saadia Faruqi
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Series Activity Kit from Capstone Kids
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Book Trailers 1

Series Video Book Trailer from Capstone
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Awards & Distinctions 5

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2020

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2022
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2022
Emergent Selection, 2018
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