Toddlers (Ages 2-3)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Availability | Special Features/ Caution |
| Meow Meow | N/A | Bookgroup | All leading bookstores | Bookgroup books (http://bookgroup.org.pk) are a favourite for storybooks. However, make sure to sift through the content first, before purchasing Bookgroup books, pointing out anything in the story that is not in par with Islamic etiquette or teachings to my children, as they listen to it with eager ears. |
| Aam ka Pair (Mango Tree) | ||||
| Mairee Dost (My Friend) | ||||
| Chotee (Little One) | ||||
| Urdu course books up to grade 1 level | Oxford University Press | All OUP outlets |
Preschoolers (3-6)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Availability |
| Learning at Home series and First Skills readers | Ladybird | ||
| Know Your (Birds, Vehicles, etc.) series | Luck Publications | ||
| Quran Stories for Kids | Saniyasnain Khan | GoodWord Books | Paradise Books |
| Amira’s Totally Chocolate World | J. Samia Mair | Dawah Books / Naheed Superstore | |
| The Perfect Gift | J. Samia Mair | Dawah Books / Naheed Superstore | |
| Keywords with Ladybird (Peter and Jane series)
|
Ladybird | ||
| The Eeman Reading Series | Dar al-Fatah, Sharjah (9716339864) | ||
| Jhilmil
|
Naima Suhaib | Dawah Books | |
| Oon Hoon / Chooza Kahani
|
Maryam Khansa | Mashraba-e-Ilm-o-Hikmat, Lahore | |
| Santara Magazine (Urdu) | All leading bookstores
|
Pre-teens (7-12)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Availability |
| hibakidz Magazine | Hiba Magazine | See page 48 for a complete list of book stores | |
| VShine International (Magazine) | Najeeb Hanafi (Karachi) | All leading bookstores and newsstands | |
| Islamic Village series | Luqman Nagy | GoodWord Books | Paradise Books |
| A Treasury of Islamic Values for Children | GoodWord Books | Paradise Books | |
| Children’s Stories Project / Invincible Abdullah series
|
Uthman Hutchinson | ||
| The Dua of Faizah
|
Umm An-Numan | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets / Dawah Books |
| Khulafa-e-Rashideen series
|
Darussalam | All Darusalam outlets | |
| Rashid and the Haupmann Diamond | Hassan Radwan | The Islamic Foundation | |
| Stories of the Sahabah
|
Adapted by Noura Durkee | The Islamic Foundation | Dawah Books |
| Kareem and Fatima
|
Zeba Siddiqui | American Trust Publications | |
| Islamic Rose Books series | Linda Delgado | ||
| The Librarian of Basra: A True Story from Iraq | Jeanette Winter | ||
| Zaynab and Zakariya Learn to Recycle | Fehmmida Ibrahim Shah | Smart Ark | |
| Islamic School Book series
|
Susan Douglass | The International Institute of Islamic Thought, GoodWord Books | |
| Stories from the Quran
|
Sajeda Zaidi | Oxford University Press | All OUP outlets |
| Lives of the Prophets | Retold and illustrated by Elma Ruth Harder | Oxford University Press | All OUP outlets |
| Ismat’s Eid
|
Fawzia Gilani-Willams | Oxford University Press | All OUP outlets |
| Oxford Progressive Readers series
|
Oxford University Press | All OUP outlets | |
| Illustrated Animal Stories from the Quran
|
Dr. Abdur Rauf | Ferozsons | All Ferozesons outlets |
| A Special Garden
|
Saulat Pervez | Ferozsons | All Ferozesons outlets |
| Jagmag / Rimjhim
|
Naima Suhaib | Dawah Books | |
| Saathi / Noor / Naunehaal / Taleem-o-Tarbiyat | Urdu magazines available at leading newsstands |
Adults (13 onwards)
| Title | Author | Publisher | Availability |
| Sunehray Awraaq (Gems and Jewels) | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Sunehray Faislay | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Sunehri Kirnain | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Sunehray Huroof | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Sunehray Nuqoosh | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Waldain: Ita’at-o-Nafarmani | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Sayyidna Abu Bakr Kee Zindagi Kay Sunehray Waqiat | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Sayyidna Umar Kee Zindagi Kay Sunehray Waqiat | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Golden Series of the Prophet’s Companions (18 books) | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets | |
| The Golden Rays of Prophethood | Abdul Malik Mujahid | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Enjoy your Life | Dr. Abd Al-Rahman al-Arifi | Darussalam | All Darussalam outlets |
| Don’t Be Sad | Dr. Aid al-Qarni | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| Forty Hadiths on Good Moral Values | Yahya Ondigo | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| The Ideal Muslim | Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| The Ideal Muslimah | Muhammad Ali al-Hashimi | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| Women Around the Messenger | Muhammad Ali Qutub | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| The Muslim Home: 40 Recommendations | Salih al-Munajjid | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| Nurturing Eeman in Children | Dr. Aisha Hamdan | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| You Can Be The Happiest Woman in the World | Dr. Aid al-Qarni | International Islamic Publishing House | Dawah Books / Darussalam outlets |
| Blissful Marriage: A Practical Islamic Guide | Drs. Ekram & Mohamed Rida Beshir | Amana Publications | Dawah Books |
| The Muslim Marriage Guide | Ruqayyah Waris Maqsood | Amana Publications | |
| The Marriage Series (4 Books) | Muhammad al-Jibaly | Al-Kitab As-Sunnah Publishing | Dawah Books |
| MAGAZINES | |||
| Hiba Magazine | Rana Rais Khan | See page 48 | |
| Batool | Idarah-e-Batool, Lahore | 0213-5313695-6 / Leading newsstands | |
| Khawateen Magazine | Malik Abbas Akhtar Awan | Leading newsstands | |
Compiled by Umm Ibrahim with contributions from Umm Amal, Umm Musa, Sadaf Farooqi, J. Samia Mair and Laila Brence.
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