Fig Leaf Books turns timeless teachings on kindness, patience and gratitude into gentle illustrated stories — the kind your child will ask for again and again, and the kind that quietly grow good character, one page at a time.
As parents, we want our children to grow up with good hearts and good character — to be kind, honest and caring, not just at home, but everywhere they go, in every small moment of their lives.
We know we're not alone in wanting that. But we spent a long time searching for books that spoke to it — books our children would truly love, that would also quietly plant something good inside them. We couldn't find enough of them.
So we made our own.
Every Fig Leaf story is inspired by a real teaching from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Imam al-Bukhari's collection of the Prophet Muhammad's guidance on how we treat one another. We take one small moment — a mother's patience, a child's honesty, a forgotten kindness — and turn it into a story worth reading at bedtime, and worth talking about after the book is closed.
Every story is gently illustrated and written to be loved on its own, with the meaning woven naturally into the pages.
Each book is based on a real hadith from Imam al-Bukhari's collection, so you always know exactly where the story comes from.
A gentle question closes every story, so the conversation doesn't stop when the story does.
Every book, one teaching at a time.
One Sunflower is a warm, quietly funny story about Maryam, a girl who's grown a sunflower she loves and decided to give away — except she can't work out which neighbour deserves it more. A doorstep full of pros and cons finally gives way to a simple question from her mother, and an answer that was closer than she thought.
Come Here is a quiet evening story about Salma, carrying the weight of a hard day she can't quite explain, and the father who sits beside her without asking her to explain it. A single open arm unfolds into a quiet realization that comfort doesn't need words — just someone who stays.
Walk With Me is a gentle story about Yusuf, racing ahead on the Friday walk to the masjid, and the moment he turns back to find his father walking slowly, alone, far behind. A small pause becomes a quiet realization about walking beside the people we love instead of rushing ahead of them — and the closeness he finds the moment he does.
Three Times is a gentle bedtime story about Noor, wide awake in the dark, and the mother who comes to her night after night without being asked. A simple question unfolds into a quiet realization about all the love she never noticed — and never thanked her for.
As a parent, I want my children to grow up with good hearts and good character. To be kind, honest and caring — not just at home, but everywhere they go, in every small moment of their lives.
I know I'm not alone in wanting that. But so many of us are searching for books that speak to it — books that children truly love, that also quietly plant something good inside them.
I couldn't find enough of them. So I made these.
Each story is inspired by a teaching from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad — Imam al-Bukhari's beautiful collection of the Prophet Muhammad's guidance on how we treat one another.
I made them for my children. I share them for yours.
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