Hassan and Hassana

Hassan and Hassana explores important themes of peer pressure, gender discrimination, and standing up for oneself. An important and engaging book about experiences that will feel familiar to many children, and which encourages children to stick to their values. It will be simultaneously published in Igbo, with both editions promoted to parents together as a way to encourage community languages for diasporic children. 

Hassan and Hassana are twins, and they're practically identical. Even though one is a boy and the other a girl, ever since they were babies people have had trouble telling them apart. As identical twins they have often been confused even though they are a boy and a girl. For their 8th birthday, Hassan gets a bike and Hassana gets drums. Hassan's friends tell him that girls can't ride bikes, leaving him with an important decision to make. Will he decide to share or will he let Hassana feel left out? A beautiful story about sharing, kindness and standing up for what is right.