North African Picture Books

Explore the books with backdrops along the stunning Sahara Desert to the Atlas Mountains and the Nile River. This list features books from the North African countries of Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and more! If you would like to add a title for inclusion in this booklist, please complete this form here.

 Algeria

 Canary Islands

 Ceuta

 Egypt

• Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books by Karen Abouraya (2012)

• Day of Ahmed's Secret by Florence Parry Heide (1995)

 Libya

• The Shadows of Ghadames by Joelle Stolz (2006)

 Madeira

 Melilla

 Morocco

• The Storyteller by Evan Turk (2016)

• Makanaka’s World: Adventure in Morocco by Christine Mapondera Talley (2020)

• A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night by Allison Ofanansky (2020)

• Mirror by Jeannie Baker (2010)

• The Butter Man by Elizabeth Letts (2008)

• My Father's Shop by Satomi Ichikawa (2006)

 Tunisia

 Western Sahara ( Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)