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Full of curiousity, Noor sets out to find her answer, but her family are all busy and have no time to answer this important question. The book articulates that we are Muslim and that hijab defines us, which I love, it just seems that while the rest of the book is incredibly direct and funny, the answer is fuzzy and lyrical. Noor loves her mum, and all the other hijabi women in her family, but wonders why do they wear headscarves?With my own children way past sharing such titles with me, and my own knowledge now quite poor, I have mostly relied on recommendations from my Twitter friends up until now to guide my acquisitions. is a celebration of Muslim women and gently approaches the religious reasons for wearing a hijab in a light-hearted way for children. For those who are Muslim, it shows authentic representation of hijabis and for those who are not, it answers the types of questions that naturally curious children will have such as whether hair coverings are worn to hide big ears or secret snack stashes to feast upon at a later time. The illustrations are cute, the character designs are great, and I'm really excited for kids to be able to feel represented by the media they consume. Telling the story of young Noor, who is desperate to find out why the female members of her family wear hijabs, this is a read which will delight young readers.

Noor’s imaginative thoughts on why her relatives may wear hijab made me smile and I really liked the fact that when she finally gets an answer, her mum stresses how it is Noor’s choice to wear hijab but that it does go to her mum’s identity as a Muslim and she is unapologetic about that. Noor’s facial expressions, from excitement to dismay, are brilliantly funny and work well alongside the text. She briefly worked as product designer in Japan and Indonesia before moving to the United States to study children's book illustration.The book is beautifully illustrated, the size is great to be shared, the text funny, the voice playful,the joy contagious but the answer for me, just missed the mark, not by a lot, but by enough that I think an adult would need to supplement the overall takeaway message.