Best-selling Scholastic Titles in Arabic for Kindergarten and Grade 1
Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 1 classroom library features 38 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 1 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more. Three titles in the large “lap-size” format are included with a corresponding “little book”.
Each library is supported by a 48-page Teacher’s Guide filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom (sold separately).

Grade 1 Includes:

1. Best Me I Can Be: I Am Generous! أنا شهم ISBN: 0-439-86061-1
2. Best Me I Can Be: I Can Cooperate! أنا متعاون ISBN: 0-439-86062-8
3. Best Me I Can Be: I Tell the Truth! أنا صادق ISBN: 0-439-86065-9
4. Big Red Apple التفاحة الكبيرة الحمراء ISBN: 0-439-86239-4
5. Bright Yellow Flower الزهرة الصفراء الزاهية ISBN: 0-439-86261-5
6. Colors in the Desert ألوان في الصحراء ISBN: 0-439-86283-7
7. Dinosaurs الديناصورات ISBN: 0-439-86385-8
8. Dolphin's Big Leap قفزة الدلفين الكبيرة ISBN: 0-439-86374-2
9. Footprints in the Sand آثار أقدام على الرمال ISBN: 0-439-86376-6
10. Hello, Cat, You Need a Hat! ياقطتي يارائعة, اليكي هذه القبعة ISBN: 0-439-86290-5
11. I Am Planet Earth أنا كوكب الأرض ISBN: 0-439-86377-3
12. I Am Water أنـــا الماء ISBN: 0-439-86378-0
13. I Hate to be Sick! تزعجني الإصابة بالمرض ISBN: 0-439-86403-9
14. I'll Always Come Back! أنا سأعود دائما ISBN: 0-439-86400-8
15. Is Your Mama a Llama? هل أمك اللامة؟ ISBN: 0-439-86401-5
16. Amazing Animals حيوانات مذهلة ISBN: 978-0545254199
17. Tiger Trouble مشكلة النمر ISBN: 0-439-86450-3
18. Counting in the Garden حديقة الأرقام (Middle East) ISBN: 0-439-86284-4
19. Counting in the Garden حديقة الأرقام (N African) ISBN: 0-439-86540-1
20. Goodnight. My Duckling تصبحين على خير يابطتي الصغيرة ISBN: 0-439-86291-2
21. I Am (small) أنـــا ISBN: 0-439-86300-1
22. I Can See! (small) أستطيع أن أرى ISBN: 0-439-86326-1
23. Look. Listen. and Learn انظر واسمتع, وتعلم ISBN: 0-439-86406-0 /B>
24. My Beautiful Child ياطفلي الجميل ISBN: 0-439-86426-8
25. On a Boat على قارب ISBN: 0-439-86427-5
26. Polar Bear Night ليلة دب قطبية ISBN: 0-439-86430-5
27. Rainforest Colors ألوان غابة المطر ISBN: 0-439-86433-6
28. Sea Horse أفراس البحر ISBN: 0-439-86521-0
29. Shine. Sun أشرقي ياشمس ISBN: 0-439-86437-4
30. The Happy Bee النحلة السعيدة ISBN: 0-439-86445-9
31. The Magic Rabbit الأرنب العجيب ISBN: 0-439-86448-0
32. Two Eyes. a Nose. and a Mouth العينان, الأنف, والفم ISBN: 0-439-86535-7
33. We are Painting (small) نحن نرسم بالدهان ISBN: 0-439-86337-7
34. Whales الحيتان ISBN: 0-439-86534-0
35. Who Hid? من اختبأ؟ ISBN: 0-439-86539-5
36. Animals of the North Pole حيوانات القطب الشمالي ISBN: 978-0-439-86059-8
37. Animal Homes بيوت الحيوانات ISBN: 978-0-439-86010-9
38. What's Inside? ماذا بداخلها؟ ISBN: 978-0-439-86538

Teacher’s Guide Grade 1 : which is a supported material for My Arabic Library Grade 1 by a 40-pages filled with lesson plans and activities developed for My Arabic Library and suggestions for promoting reading in the classroom; where each level companied with a 20x30” colorful poster displaying the book covers in the library. Scholastic’s My Arabic Library is a unique educational project designed to encourage a love of reading and learning in Arabic-speaking children and children learning Arabic as a second language. The Grade 1 classroom library features 41 best-selling Scholastic titles and provides a high-quality resource for children learning Arabic. The Grade 1 library features a diverse collection of fiction and nonfiction titles with subjects ranging from geography to biology to space, history, folk tales and more. Three titles in the large “lap-size” format are included with a corresponding “little book”. The teacher’s book assists teachers in achieving goals by providing a variety of methods to present the curriculum. The teacher’s book, student book, and the activity book form one unit.

Young children experience many confusing emotions in their early years. This series of picture books examines some of them, such as jealousy, sadness, fear and anger, in an amusing but ultimately reassuring way. Each book contains notes for parents and teachers with suggestions of ways to help children deal with these emotions.

1. I Feel Angry
2. I Feel Frightened
3. I Feel Sad
4. I Feel Jealous

Amani is curious, learn to read through a storybook with each page dedicated to a letter of the Arabic alphabet.

Looking After Me

The Looking after Me series of books is aimed at children to introduce them to social skills and help them to develop a healthy, safer lifestyle. The skills and knowledge are introduced through funny stories that are told in simple text and complimented with amusing and reassuring illustrations.

1. Exercise: A book about twins, Jad and Najwa. Like many children their age, they don’t do much exercise and they would much rather play computer games or watch television. But a visit from their grandmother changes their habits and makes them interested in exercise.
2. Keeping Clean: A book about two small children, Makram and Kareem, who does not love being clean. But they learn from the events of the story how to change their habits and to bathe, shower, wash their hair and hands and wear clean clothes.
3. Safety: A book about an adventurous little girl, Leila, who never listens to her parents; she doesn’t wear a helmet, forgets to use sun cream and wonders away from her father. But she learns from the story to follow safety rules and to listen to what her parents say.
4. Taking Medicines: A book about a little boy, Saleem. Saleem learns from this interesting and funny story that medicines are not magical, and, if not taken the proper way, they might be even be harmful.
5. Teeth: A book about a little girl, Maryam and her dog Koko. Koka had a rotten tooth, and Maryam had to take him to the vet to get that tooth removed. In this funny story, the little girl learns how to take care of her teeth.
6. Healthy Food: A book about two children, Rafiq and Tamer. Rafiq loves to sleep over at his friend’s house, because there he and his friend can eat a lot of fatty and salty food, and enjoy meals while watching television. The story helps the two kids to change their eating habits and eat healthy foods.