Watermelon Madness

Summary of Book

Noura is crazy about watermelon. She wants to eat nothing else, every day, at every meal. In fact, Noura thinks there is no such thing as too much watermelon. Until one night, when the watermelon she has hidden in her room to eat all by herself begins to grow and Noura gets taken on a wild watermelon adventure! A story that can be the springboard for a discussion on favorite foods, eating a balanced diet, sharing with others and trying new foods.

Author Biography

Taghreed Najjar تغريد النجار is the founder of Al Salwa Publishing House. She is a well known writer of children picture books and teen books. Many of her books have been adopted as supplementary readers by schools in the region.
Taghreed enjoys visiting schools for "meet the author" events and for story reading sessions of her latest books. She says, "It is an exhilarating experience interacting with my readers. I feel truly privileged to be a part of their childhood memories through my books."
She is the author of over 50 Arabic children books. Some of her titles have been translated and published in English,Swedish and Turkish.
Taghreed has travelled to many parts of the world to read her stories but now resides in Amman, Jordan with her family where she continues to write.

Illustrator Biography
As a member of a family who embraced art, she was very much encouraged to be an artist. She studied painting and sculpting at the faculty of art in the Lebanese university and graduated in the year 2000. She has been illustrating ever since and has illustrated over 17 books, most of which have been done for Kalimat publishers.