In the midst of global turmoil, with people of various faiths in major conflict, three friends—a Muslim, a Christian and a Hindu—decided to write a book. Many Windows is a book about young people who are friends despite their religious differences. It's a book about celebrations, that ultimately celebrates community. Many Windows is a collection of seven stories about six children who are in the same class at school, two white boys, a black girl, a Chinese girl, an Indian girl and a Pakistani boy. They are not necessarily friends, but they all come together in one commnunity at the end of the stories. Each story in the collection centres on a different celebration within the faith of that child. In the appendix, each of the celebrations is explained in more depth, as it is celebrated within that faith community: Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Each story represents a window into the life of the child, or, from a different point of view, the child's window looking out to the world.
| ISBN: | 9781894917568 |
| Publication date: | 17th July 2008 |
| Author: | Rukhsana Khan, Elisa Carbone, Uma Krishnaswami |
| Publisher: | Napoleon and Co. an imprint of Dundurn Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 88 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: Religious and spiritual stories |