Title: My Brother and Me
Author: Taghreed Najjar
Artist: Maya Fidawi
Genre: Children's / Humor / Family / Arabic
Year Published: 2019
Year Read: 2019
Publisher: Crackboom!
Source: eARC (NetGalley)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Nothing Objectionable)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank NetGalley and Crackboom for providing me a copy of this
book in exchange for an honest review.
I have always loved reading
children’s books that dealt with families and I stumbled upon this unique
little book called “My Brother and Me”
which was by Taghreed
Najjar along with artwork by Maya Fidawi and it
was truly an amazing and sweet read!
Aloush is the youngest member of his family and he has
an extremely close relationship to his older brother Ramez. Ramez would drive Aloush to school on his way
to work every day and he would allow him to hang out with his friends whenever
they were watching a football game. But
one day, Ramez started getting too busy to hang out with his little brother
Aloush and it turns out that Ramez has actually fallen in love with a woman named
Deema and is planning on marrying her.
Aloush is upset at this because that would mean that Ramez would spend
even less time with him and it was then that Aloush decided to come up with a
plan to ruin Ramez’s relationship with Deema!
Wow! I never
expected to enjoy this book as much as I did!
Taghreed Najjar did a fantastic job at writing this story as I
was interested in seeing Aloush’s relationship with his older brother Ramez and
I even felt a bit sad for Aloush when his brother Ramez started spending less
time with him. I always enjoyed reading
books that dealt with families and Taghreed Najjar made me really love
both Aloush and Ramez and their close relationship with each other. I also sympathized with Aloush as he was
afraid of losing his older brother to Deema, even though he should not have
tried to ruin his brother’s relationship with Deema in retaliation. I also loved the fact that this book apparently
takes place in the Middle East since it is rare to read books from the Middle
East and this book did a great job at conveying the culture of the Middle East. Maya Fidawi’s artwork was quite creative
and cute to look at as all the characters have a scratchy yet adorable look to
them and it made the artwork really stand out to me.
Overall, “My Brother and Me” was a truly cute
children’s book about the importance of family and how you should not be afraid
of anyone new moving into the family. I
would recommend this book to children ages five and up since there is nothing
inappropriate in this book.
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