The Arabic group before ours showed us 2 childrens books written by the same authors. The first one was The Day of Ahmed's Secret. On the journey of discovering what his secret is the reader follows this boy throughout his day. Egypt is depicted in the Illustrations by Ted Lewin. I think that the book delivers a favorable and authentic Egypt to young readers. However the second book, Sami in the Time of the Troubles takes place in Libya. This is a war torn country at the time of its release and the plot reflects this. It is a much heavier book in comparison with the previous one. In class I believe we decided that the second books illustrations were intentionally darker and more intense. I felt personally that the book was a bit more then a bedtime story.
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I can understand how you might view the second book as a bit too dark for children, but I think that it could be used as a tool. I know when I have children I don't want to shelter them from everything in the world, because they are bound to absorb it from somewhere. The world is a scary place, and I think this book could help children to understand, if done correctly.
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