rutab books · london
Choosing a collection
Where shall we begin?
Every Rutab book follows Amira, Yusuf and their family in the same English village. Each collection stands on its own, so start with whichever suits the child in front of you.
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Ages 0 to 3 · for our littlest readers
The World Is Full
A date. A honeybee. One moon.
Four chunky board books for babies and toddlers. Fruits, numbers, animals and everyday blessings, one gentle picture to a page, with faith already inside the way the world is shown.
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Ages 3 to 7 · the first six
The Abundance Collection
For the part of the day when everything is going well.
A fig picked from the tree, a seed pushed into the soil, a tray of maamoul on Eid morning. Six stories about ordinary good things, each one inspired by a surah, with no lesson pasted on afterwards.
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Ages 3 to 7 · the next six
The Nearness Collection
For the other end of the day.
A lost ribbon, a shape on the bedroom wall, a storm that flattens the tomato plants. Six stories about the feelings children already have, and where to take them. Same house, same garden, a few months further into the year.
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Ages 6 to 10 · reserving for June 2027
The Bounty Collection
“Where does money actually come from?” asked Yusuf.
Six stories about earning, fair dealing and giving, set behind the family’s honey and marmalade stall in London, where the children learn what the Prophet, peace be upon him, taught about trade.
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still deciding?
A few honest suggestions
- For a new baby, a first birthday, or the hospital bagThe World Is Full
- For a child of three to seven, just starting outThe Abundance Collection
- For the child who asks big questions with the light offThe Nearness Collection
- For an older child who wants to know how things really workThe Bounty Collection
at home in willowmere
Amira is 4 and Yusuf is 6. They live in Willowmere with Mama, Baba and Teta, and they turn up in every book, so a child who meets them at three can keep them company until ten.
- First editionsOne fixed print run for each collection
- Made in Londonby a family press, for families like yours
- Complimentary deliveryto the UK and eleven further countries
rutab books · london