Start a tradition of reading these delightful, informative, educational, beautifully illustrated, and written Hajj books each year with the child(ren) in your life. It’s never too early to start reading stories or teaching about Hajj to your child.

These children books are a great addition not only to your child’s home library but they make wonderful gifts to give to your kid’s Muslim and non-Muslim friends. These Hajj books are also great for donating to your area public library, kid’s classroom, or school library.

Yan’s Hajj: The Journey of a Lifetime by The Islamic Foundation
A beautiful story about generosity, delayed gratification, and putting others’ needs before your own. This beautifully illustrated books is a good companion to other Hajj books as it’s mostly about preparing to go to Hajj.
Appropriate For Ages: 5-6
Click to Buy: Yan’s Hajj: The Journey of a Lifetime
An Ocean in One Drop: The tale of Hajar in Hajj by Mariam Hakim
Join Jamila on a storytelling adventure as she learns about zamzam and how it connects to Hajar – the woman at the heart of Hajj.
Appropriate For Ages: 3-10
Click to Buy: An Ocean in One Drop: The tale of Hajar in Hajj

123 in the Great Mosque of Mecca by Nur Aisha
The perfect board book to introduce your toddlers and per-schoolers to the beauty of Mecca. Each page has a number and an image showing the number of items, each relating to a topic around the mosque of Mecca.
Appropriate For Ages: 0-3
Click to Buy: 123 in the Great Mosque of Mecca

My first book of Islamic Months by Shade7 Publishing
A beautifully illustrated fold-out, lift-the-flap book to teach your child the names of the months in Arabic and English. Children learn when hajj and Eid al Adha occurs in the Islamic calendar.
Appropriate For Ages: 1+
Click to Buy: My First book of Islamic Months

Going to Mecca by Na’ima B. Robert
A colorful, engaging, interesting and informative book to introduce the meaning and reality of the Hajj to children. Non-Muslim children and adults alike will learn a great deal from it.
Appropriate For Ages: 5-6
Click to Buy: Going to Mecca

Hajj Harmonies by Elizabeth Lymer
Hajj Harmonies takes children along a melodious journey through the pillars of Hajj and the Islamic requirements for making pilgrimage to the Holy city of Makkah. Share the beauty of Hajj with the children in your life through lyrical nursery rhymes and coloring pages.
Appropriate For Ages: 0-5
Click to Buy: Hajj Harmonies

The Story of the Elephant by Shade 7 Publishing
Not a Hajj book, but this beautiful popup book mentions Ibrahim (as)’s du’a to Allah swt to protect the Kabaa. There is a beautiful pop-up Kabaa which is a great visual learning tool for children.
Appropriate For Ages: 4+
Click to Buy: The Story of the Elephant

Peg + Cat: The Eid al-Adha Adventure
In this beautifully illustrated book, Peg+Cat learns about the Muslim holiday Eid-Al-Adha from their friends Yasmina and Amir. A great book to read or gift non-Muslim friends and classmates.
Appropriate For Ages: 3-7
Click to Buy: Peg + Cat: The Eid al-Adha Adventure

Noor Kids go to Hajj
Noor Kids Go To Hajj! introduces Hajj to children by focusing on the rationale associated with two components of Hajj, Tawaaf and Sa’iee.
Appropriate For Ages: 4-8
Click to Buy: Noor Kids go to Hajj

The Story of Ibrahim by Zaheer Khatri
A wonderful narration of the life of Ibrahim (as) is written in a journey theme.
Appropriate For Ages: 6-7
Click to Buy: The Story of Ibrahim

Migo and Ali: Love for the Prophets by Zanib Mian
A beautifully illustrated fold-out, lift-the-flap book to teach your child the names of the months in Arabic and English. Children learn when hajj and Eid al Adha occurs in the Islamic calendar.
Appropriate For Ages: 7+
Click to Buy: Migo and Ali: Love for the Prophets

Migo and Ali: A-Z of Islam by Zanib Mian
Children will find Islamic words and concepts explained in simple, loving, child-friendly language. There is an elaborated 15 page long hajj chapter. This go-to resource is an Islamic parenting tool which you shouldn’t be without.
Appropriate For Ages: 7+
Click to Buy: Migo and Ali: A-Z of Islam

My Hajj Fun Book by Tahera Kassamali
Designed to help children learn more about Hajj in a creative and interesting manner. If your children learn better activities then you may want to consider the fun book.
Appropriate For Ages: 7-10
Click to Buy: My Hajj Fun Book

Young Explorers Adventures in Makkah by Abu Zaynah
The book takes young readers on an exciting journey, revealing lands and places that were an essential part of the development and history of Islam. A great read for older kids.
Appropriate For Ages: 8+
Click to Buy: Young Explorers Adventures in Makkah

Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam by Venetia Porter
A book intended to show the beauty of Hajj, its rites and the undertakings of those who perform and intend to perform it.
Appropriate For Ages: 12+
Click to Buy: Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam

Mecca the Blessed, Medina the Radiant: The Holiest Cities of Islam by Seyyed Hossein Nasr Ph.D.
Not a children’s book per se but a stunning collection of unprecedented photographic exploration of the holiest cities of Islam and the Hajj that children will throughly enjoy.
Appropriate For Ages: 15+
Click to Buy: Mecca the Blessed & Medina the Radiant : The Holiest Cities of Islam

Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj by Michael Christopher Low
literature on the international history of the Hajj. Imperial Mecca illuminates the making of the modern Hajj and technocratic regimes in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Arabia.
Appropriate For Ages: 15+
Click to Buy: Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj

 

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