Allah Knows All About Me by Yasmin Mussa - Reviewed by Islamic School Librarian
This adorable 24 page board book by Learning Roots has been adapted (with permission) from a book by Kate Toms called “God Knows All About Me.” The 7.5 x 7 book is perfect for little toddler hands, and the repetition will help convey even to little ones that Allah is ever-present and all-knowing.
The illustrations are soft and warm and as with all Learning Roots books, I believe, the characters do not have faces. The text is large and clear and many of the stanzas are silly is they show bottoms and talk of being smelly. (The new version of this book does have faces)
It covers Allah swt knowing us from our heads to our toes, when we are happy and sad, when it is raining or snowing, in all situations, all hours of the day, all environments, He knows and is always there.
The reassurance that we are never alone or never apart from Allah’s love is a great message that is well done in this little book. A mention of Allah’s applicable 99 names might have been a nice addition at the end, but perhaps being the book is redone from an existing book, it wasn’t possible. Hopefully parents will take the book to the next step and teach kids all of Allah’s many attributes in ways similar to how the presence of Allah is presented in this one.
Check out the link below for this book!
https://www.mykidshq.com/products/allah-knows-all-about-me?_pos=1&_psq=allah+know&_ss=e&_v=1.0