Salaam, Storytime

23/01/2025

Who knew dinosaurs could teach us so much about listening, following directions, and… itching?! 🦕📚 Reading “The Itchy Book” by Mo Willems was a riot—we gave each character their own voice (Gerald, Piggie, and a chorus of dinosaurs!) and couldn’t stop laughing. Highly recommend this for your next dramatic read-aloud—you’ll be itching to read it again!

24/12/2024

A Beautiful Day for Family, Literacy, and Community!

On December 15, 2024, over 50 individuals—spanning diverse cultural backgrounds, faiths, and generations—gathered at the Islamic Center for Compassion for a memorable Family Literacy Event.

We were honored to host the incredible Sr. Aisha Gray Henry of , who captivated children and adults alike with her storytelling about Imam Al Ghazali and his timeless teachings. Her ability to engage young minds (and hearts!) for two full hours was nothing short of remarkable!

Every child left with a cherished book, and adults took home even more treasures, thanks to the generosity of our supporters.

Special thanks to:
and for the books
Our donors abroad who made this event possible
Kebab House Louisville for the baklava
The Sadiq family for their handmade aloo naan
Everyone who came despite the gloomy weather

We are endlessly grateful for the support that made this blessed gathering such a success.

🩶 — From the team at Salaam Storytime

15/12/2024

Salaam Storytime x Fons Vitae

Excited for this event InshaAllah!

08/04/2023

Had a great, interactive first session about podcasting at the today! Sign up for my upcoming events on April 20 and 22. Looking forward to seeing you there!

08/04/2023

“Let’s Go Yum Cha” by - creator of is now live on the podcast! Check it out on salaamstorytime.com or wherever you listen to podcasts by searching for “Salaam Storytime”!

This is an adorable story about a little boy and his adventures with dim sum. Leena practiced and learned Cantonese words for this story. Check it out and let us know what you think!

04/04/2023

Day 4 at the South Central Regional Library as the Artist in Residence for the COLLIDER program!

Come by and visit us - we have had a lot going on behind the scenes the last several months we can’t wait to share.

12/09/2022

https://youtu.be/vgTdHcgwcys

Our second YouTube video is live now! Check out and subscribe to our channel!

Nope-Nope Emu is written by R.C. Chizov, who shared permission to share the visuals for this upload!

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11/07/2022

Season 2 of Salaam Storytime is here! We are back and hoping to see a consistent flow of episodes. Honored to have this story by as the debut to this season!

Authors who have reached out, happy to announce we have found an amazing person to edit our episodes so they don’t get stuck in my files. More soon! Check out the link in bio to hear our latest episode!

20/03/2022

Happy Sunday! New podcast episode of “Sunday Rain” is now live! (Thanks for your patience, friends!) Visit our last few posts to check out more information about this amazing book by and published by !

02/03/2022

🥳Happy 1-Year Book Birthday to “Sunday Rain”!

The world of children’s literature is truly a small, loving, and beautiful place to connect. We are so excited to share what we have been up to as we celebrate this adorable picture book released one year ago today by . The imaginative watercolor illustrations are delicately created by .

The amazing author, Rosie () connected with us to volunteer her book to be read on the podcast and we decided to do a giveaway with some fun prizes to celebrate with you.

🎁Giveaway Details🎁
Three individuals will have a chance to win in a drawing for swag related to “Sunday Rain” from Rosie plus $20 Amazon Gift Cards from Salaam Storytime as we celebrate the 1 year anniversary since the launch of this book. See below for details - participating in each will give you an entry into the raffle drawing and doing multiple things will give you more entries. Winners will be announced on March 9!
➕Follow and on Instagram for one entry!
✍🏻 For another entry, share a comment below of your favorite childhood memory that has to do with rain.
🏷 Tag a friend who may want to read this adorable story for another entry.
👩🏽‍🎨Follow along this week as we share free crafting ideas that accompany this wonderful story and send us photos of your crafts, and you will have chances for
🎙Listen to the podcast episode (releasing this weekend!) and share a fun fact (Rosie told us some behind the scenes things about this story we are excited to share with you!)

Best wishes!