Independent reading level: Grades 1-3
Booklist editor's choice: Books for youth (2019).
Rise: A Feminist Book Project top ten (2020).
ALSC's Notable Children's Books (2020).

This book is great for intermediate and primary ages. This book talks about the importance of a hijab and how much she appreciates her sisters confidence. I really loved that she goes to talk about how the Hijab is very significant to her family and how she will be so proud and confident to wear a blue hijab some day.

I really like this book. I think it is perfect for any age of elementary school students. I think it is a beautiful and encouraging story. I think this can be very inspiring for young girls who are Muslim or any religious affiliations. ( )

As a Muslim, reading this story really brought me joy. Asiya and faizah represented confidence and all though asiya was judged by her classmates for wearing the hijab, she overcame the struggles and was proud of her religion. ( )

“Mama: Don’t carry around the hurtful words that others say. Drop them. They are not yours to keep. / They belong only to those who said them.”

My favorite quote from The Proudest Blue! This is a beautiful book. The illustrations are very imaginative and evocative and the story itself is very heartfelt. A girl’s older sister wears her hijab all day for the first time and as the younger sister watches some of the other kids make fun of her for it, she also watched as her sister proudly wears her hijab and doesn’t let the words affect that pride. ( )