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May 13, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow is a Philadelphia-based children’s author and educator, with 15 years of experience teaching kids and teens in traditional and alternative learning settings. As an inaugural fellow with the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative, she developed curricular frameworks for youth and adult anti-racist programming. In her new picture book, Sister Friend, illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani, two students of color find comfort and community together in their majority white school.
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May 8, 2024 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |Matthew Burgess |Steven Weinberg
At her new school, every day is “play-by-herself day” for Ameena: “Was it the twists in her hair? Her brown skin? No one else in class had twists and brownness.” Ameena sees a possible companion in new student Sundus, portrayed with brown skin and wearing a lilac-hued hijab, but a well-meaning greeting goes awkwardly awry, and Ameena is called a copycat by classmates when she wears her own hijab to school in hopes of connecting with Sundus.
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May 7, 2024 | 
abramsbooks.com | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Perfect for fans of The Day You Begin and Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away, author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow and illustrator Shahrzad Maydani’s Sister Friend is a heartwarming new picture book celebrating the unique joy of cultivating friendships within your cultural community. Ameena feels invisible. It’s been that way since she started at her new school. But now there is another new girl in class. Ameena sees her brownness and her hijab, even though the other kids do not.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
newsone.com | Terrie M. Williams |LaNesha Tabb |Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |Tomika Anderson
The following is the latest installation in NewsOne’s Special Series, An American Crisis: Black Child Suicide. If you’re experiencing distress or need someone to talk to, you can dial 988 at any time for immediate support. Trained counselors are available to provide confidential support and assistance. You are not alone.
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
newsone.com | Terrie M. Williams |LaNesha Tabb |Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |Tomika Anderson
The following is the latest installation in NewsOne’s Special Series, An American Crisis: Black Child Suicide. If you’re experiencing distress or need someone to talk to, you can dial 988 at any time for immediate support. Trained counselors are available to provide confidential support and assistance. You are not alone.
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Feb 12, 2024 | 
muslimmatters.org | Zainab Bint Younus |Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |Ashley Franklin |Leila Aboulela
Black Muslims are an integral part of our Ummah, contributing to our communities in every way. From Islamic scholarship to humanitarian workers, from voices of justice to beloved parents and aunties and uncles, Black Muslims continue to do incredible work that is often not recognized by the rest of us.
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Nov 22, 2023 | 
parents.com | Sona Charaipotra |Maurice Sendak |Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |Hatem Aly
As a writer, a reader, and a parent, one of the things I'm most grateful for this year—and every year—is books. And I know I'm not alone. So these Parents gathered some of your favorite children's book authors to ask them about the one book they're most thankful for. Because there's nothing like snuggling up with a cozy read after you've gathered to break bread with friends and family. And with picks from picture books to adult, there's something on this reading list for everyone in your family.
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Nov 11, 2023 | 
32auctions.com | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Item Description A virtual classroom read aloud and Q&A with author Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. She will read a book and answer questions for a class or homeschool group of your choice. This can also be purchased to donate to a deserving teacher at a Title I school. BIO:Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, MSEd, is a former English teacher who has educated children and teens for fifteen years.
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Nov 3, 2023 | 
jamilahthewriter.com | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Sister Friend Ameena feels invisible. It’s been that way since she started at her new school. But now there is another new girl in class. Ameena sees her brownness and her hijab, even though the other kids do not. Ameena wants to be her friend, but she can’t seem to find the right words or do the right things. Until one day, they find them together: “Assalamu Alaikum, Sister.
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Jun 6, 2023 | 
kirkusreviews.com | Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow |Christina Soontornvat
by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow ; illustrated by Hatem Aly ‧ A Black Muslim boy must summon the courage to ask for a place at school to pray. It’s Muhammad’s seventh birthday, and Daddy has a special gift for him: a prayer rug that’s royal blue with gold stitching and that smells of incense. Muhammad is now old enough to independently offer the five Muslim daily prayers, or salat. He packs the rug before school the next day and plans to find a private place for salat.
