An exciting #OwnVoices middle-grade debut starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination Welcome to the imaginative brain of Omar! Omar and his family have just moved, and he is NOT excited about starting at a new school. What if the work is too hard or the kids are mean or the teacher is a zombie alien?! But when Omar makes a new best friend, things start looking up. That is, until a Big Mean Bully named Daniel makes every day a nightmare! Daniel even tells Omar that all Muslims are going to be kicked out of the country . . . Could that possibly be true? Luckily, Omar's enormous imagination and goofy family help him get through life's ups and downs. Omar's funny, relatable narrative is the perfect answer to the call for both mirrors and windows to fill bookshelves with diverse stories.

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

Children's Books

Mian, Zanib

Literature & Fiction

G.P.Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers'

The first book in the exciting middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination—now in paperback!\nWelcome to the imaginative brain of Omar!\nOmar and his family have just moved, and he is NOT excited about starting at a new school. What if the work is too hard or the kids are mean or the teacher is a zombie alien?!\nBut when Omar makes a new best friend, things start looking up. That is, until a Big Mean Bully named Daniel makes every day a nightmare! Daniel even tells Omar that all Muslims are going to be kicked out of the country . . . Could that possibly be true?\nLuckily, Omar's enormous imagination and goofy family help him get through life's ups and downs.\nOmar's funny, relatable narrative is the perfect answer to the call for both mirrors and windows to fill bookshelves with diverse stories.\nAn NPR Best Book of the Year 
A Kirkus Best Book of the Year 
A USBBY Outstanding International Book Selection 
A Top 10 NYPL Best Book of the year 
A Middle East Book Award Nominee 
A Fuse #8 Great Middle Grade Novels of 2020 list 
A Bluestem Book Award Nominee (Illinois) 
A Maine Student Book Award Nominee 
A Sasquatch Award Nominee (Washington)

Omar is back with a big mystery to solve in the second installment of this imaginative, highly-illustrated series. Omar is always full of ideas! &nbsp; His family's favorite mosque needs a new roof, and Omar's money-raising plans are brilliant, especially the talent contest at school. It's a huge success, but the next day, the money is missing! Omar needs all of his super-spy creativity to track down the thief. And when the truth is revealed, even Omar's imaginative mind is blown!

Planet Omar: Unexpected Super Spy

Omar is back with a big mystery to solve in the second installment of this imaginative, highly-illustrated series.\nOmar is always full of ideas!\nHis family’s favorite mosque needs a new roof, and Omar’s money-raising plans are brilliant, especially the talent contest at school. It’s a huge success, but the next day, the money is missing!\nOmar needs all of his super-spy creativity to track down the thief. And when the truth is revealed, even Omar’s imaginative mind is blown!

Planet Omar: Incredible Rescue Mission

Product Description Omar has to solve the mystery of his missing teacher in the third installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination.Omar is going on his biggest adventure yet—a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why. When Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion—it must be aliens!Omar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him. He's going to need out-of-this-world creative thinking and a huge spirit of adventure to solve this mystery! Review “Mian’s narrative of British Pakistani Muslim Omar and his family, friends, and neighbors continues to be delightfully charming with laugh-out-loud humor. The family’s trip to Pakistan allows readers to explore Pakistani culture alongside the family. Omar’s nuanced observations about poverty and class in the country his grandparents emigrated from highlight elements that are often ignored or accepted as normal to adults.” —Kirkus About the Author Zanib Mian was a science teacher before launching a small independent publisher, Muslim Children's Books. Passionate about representation in children's publishing, she is on the panel of judges for the prestigious Young Muslim Writers Awards.Nasaya Mafaridik is based in Indonesia. Self-taught, she has a passion for children's books and bright, colourful stationery. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter 1BEEP, BEEP,BEEP,BEEEEEEEEP! That was my annoying alarm clock, waking me up for the first day of school after winter break. I didn’t want to get up because I had been sleeping until at least nine o’clock for the last two weeks, so seven o’clock felt like practically the middle of the night! What was most annoying was that Mom had put it on the other side of the room instead of on my nightstand so I’d HAVE to get out of bed to turn off the beeps. Of course, I didn’t want to, so I threw my pillow at it. The pillow was too heavy and fat or something, so it didn’t get very far. I rummaged in my nightstand drawer for something else to throw and found a squishy ball I had kept because it smelled like delicious bubble gum.I squinted at the clock and lifted the ball up . . . READY, AIM, THROW!Yikes. Just then, my sister, Maryam, was walking into the room, saying, “Turn that thing off, you lazy egg!” Then she gasped.Yep, you guessed it. She got hit right in the nose. Lucky it was squishy, or I would have gotten in TONS of trouble. Needless to say, the rest of the morning did not go smoothly. Mom and Dad weren’t very impressed, and Maryam was super melodramatic about it, saying she wasn’t ever going to talk to me again. Then my little brother, Esa, refused to put his coat on, which made us late, and everyone got even angrier. I was the only one in a good mood, because I couldn’t wait to see my best friends, Charlie and Daniel. They ran up to me on the playground and both gave me a slap on the back. A slap on the back is basically code for: “Hey! I’m so happy to see you. I kind of missed you.” The slap is less cheesy than actually saying it, super obviously.“Guess what,” said Daniel. “My mom and dad finally got me a new bike! It’s so cool. I can’t wait to show it to you!”“Ah. Lucky!” said Charlie.“Yeah, the chain still keeps falling off when I ride mine,” I said.“Isn’t your dad really good at fixing stuff?” asked Daniel.“Yeah, he is—I should ask him. The only thing he can’t fix is Maryam,” I said. And we all laughed and agreed about that.We couldn’t stop talking as we lined up on the playground for Mrs. Hutchinson to come get us. I had brought her a chocolate cupcake from the stash my neighbor Mrs. Rogers had brought over for us the day before. Mrs. Hutchinson is probably the nicest teache

Omar has to solve the mystery of his missing teacher in the third installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination.\nOmar is going on his biggest adventure yet—a trip to Pakistan! But his excitement about the trip is interrupted by some shocking news: his amazing teacher is not coming back to school, and no one will say why.\nWhen Omar and his friends start investigating, the hints they overhear and clues they find lead them to an alarming conclusion—it must be aliens!\nOmar has a huge imagination, but saving his teacher from aliens seems far-fetched even to him. He's going to need out-of-this-world creative thinking and a huge spirit of adventure to solve this mystery!

Omar and his friends are up to a new heroic adventure in the fourth installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination.\nIs there ever a good time to tell a lie?\nWhen his best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save Daniel from getting in trouble—which makes Omar feel like a total hero!\nBeing treated like a hero feels great, so he does it again. But then something more serious happens, and all eyes land on Omar. Uh-oh.\nThe principal is convinced that Omar must have done it. Will he and his friends be able to prove his innocence, or is his good reputation ruined forever?

Planet Omar: Epic Hero Flop

Omar and his friends are up to a new heroic adventure&nbsp;in the fourth installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. Is there ever a good time to tell a lie? &nbsp; When his best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save Daniel from getting in trouble--which makes Omar feel like a total hero! &nbsp; Being treated like a hero feels great, so he does it again. But then something more serious happens, and all eyes land on Omar. Uh-oh. &nbsp; The principal is convinced that Omar must have done it. Will he and his friends be able to prove his innocence, or is his good reputation ruined forever?

The action-packed fifth installment in the infectiously sweet illustrated middle grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. Omar and his friends are blasting off on another adventure--this time at a rocket-building competition. All of his family's Science Sundays prepared Omar to lead his friends on their quest to build the best rocket in their school, sending them to the nationals. But when their rocket is sabotaged, Omar and his friends have to use their expertise in science and mysteries to find the culprit.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; This fifth book in the charming, warmhearted, and hilarious series about a boy growing up in a close-knit Muslim family, packed with eye-popping artwork by Kyan Cheng, is explosively fun!

Planet Omar: Ultimate Rocket Blast

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Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet

Planet Omar: Unexpected Super Spy

Planet Omar: Unexpected Super Spy

Planet Omar: Incredible Rescue Mission

Planet Omar: Incredible Rescue Mission

Planet Omar: Epic Hero Flop

Planet Omar: Epic Hero Flop

Planet Omar: Ultimate Rocket Blast

Planet Omar: Ultimate Rocket Blast