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The Islamic Foundation |
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| Reading and Literature | Sixth Grade |
Literature at this level should take advantage of a new reality within the students. They are now able to reason over what they read and see the story behind the lines, as you will. Average book length for students at this level should be around a hundred pages. Vocabulary comprehension is also very high.
| Title | Author | Source | Subject |
| Mansa Musa | Footsteps | Astrolabe | Biography |
| Ibn Batutta | Calliope | Astrolabe | Biography |
| Islamic Spain | Calliope | Astrolabe | History |
| The New Kid | Uthman Hutchinson | Sound Vision | Friendship |
| Ahmad Deen and the Jinn at Shaolin | Yahiya Emerick | Adventure set in China | |
| The Deadly Mountain Revenge | Uthman Hutchinson | Sound Vision | Adventure |
| The Mystery of the Missing Pearls | Uthman Hutchinson | Sound Vision | Adventure |
| The Sahabiyat | Jamila Jones | Sahabiyat stories | |
| The Wilderness Survival | Uthman Hutchinson | Astrolabe | Adventure |
| Travelers and Explorers | IQRA | IQRA | Non-fiction accounts of Muslim travelers |
| Arabian Fairy Tales | Idries Shah | Misc. Folk tales (A Very good source for short story literature!) | |
| The Seafaring Beggar and Other Tales | Yahiya Emerick and Reshma Baig | www.astrolabe.com | Misc. stories |
| Mothers of Three Prophets | Jamila Jones | Biographies | |
| The Wise Poet | Khurram Murad | Sahaba story | |
| Bilal ibn Rabah | Sara Saleem | Halalco | Bilal |
| A Time to Speak | Sadi Shirazi | Sound Vision | Short wisdom stories |
| Those Who were Promised Paradise | Noura Durkee | IQRA | Sahaba stories |
| The First Ones | Noura Durkee | IQRA | Sahaba stories |
| The Loyal Ansar | Noura Durkee | IQRA | Sahaba stories |
| Hearts that Changed | Noura Durkee | IQRA | Sahaba stories |
| Those Who Spread Islam | Noura Durkee | IQRA | Sahaba stories |
| Abu Bakr | Sara Saleem | Astrolabe | Abu Bakr |
| Umar ibn Abdul Aziz | Yasien Mohamed | Astrolabe | A Ummayid famous Khalifa |
| Umar ibn al Khattb | Amal Khatab | Astrolabe | Umar |
| Uthman ibn Affan | Amal Khatab | Astrolabe | Uthman |
| Ali ibn Abi Talib | Amal Khatab | Astrolabe | Ali |
| The Ring: Three Moral Tales | Ali Bakathir | Halalco | Misc |
| Love all Creatures | Khurram Murad | Sahaba storoes | |
| The Battles of the Prophet Muhammad | Denys Johnson-Davies | Astrolabe | Sirah |
| Stories of the Caliphs: Early Rulers of Islam | Denys Johnson-Davies | History | |
| The Car Theft Kidnapping | Uthman Hutchinson | Astrolabe | Adventure |
| Khadija bint Khuwaylid | Daud Abdullah | Abul Qasim Pub. | Sahabiya story |
| Fields of Fig and Olive | Kathryn K. Abdul Baki | Amideast | Misc. |
| Free as the Desert Wind | Elsa Marston | IPI | Novel about a Somali Boy |
| One Night: A Story from the Desert | Christina Kessler | Philomel Books ISBN: 0-399-22726-1 | A boy's night in the desert |
| The Island of Animals | Trans. by Denys Johnson-Davies | barnesandnoble | 10th century Muslim legend similar to Orwell's "Animal Farm" Excellent!!! |
| Tales From Morocco | Denys Johnson-Davies | Amideast | Tales |
| Tales From Sudan | Denys Johnson-Davies | Amideast | Tales |
| Dahling If You Luv Me, Would You Please, Please Smile | Rukhsana Khan | Sound Vision | Unreviewed as of yet. |
