Aṭyab min al-mawz: Arabic 2011

Sammour is a little monkey who loves one thing more than bananas and that is making new friends. His only concern is that different animals won’t befriend him because he looks different and so to befriend the peacocks, he attaches painted tree leaves on his tail, and to befriend the deer he sticks tree branches for antler. His plan to look like elephants fails and teaches him that being himself is a better way to make new friends.

Better than Bananas is a book that reinforces the idea of self-love and acceptance of identity and how in doing so one receives love in abundance.