Roda Ahmed

Works by Roda Ahmed

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Mae Among the Stars (2018) 714 copies, 33 reviews

Alma's Art (2021) 27 copies, 1 review

Etta Extraordinaire (2023) 13 copies, 1 review

Forberedelsen (2008) 12 copies, 2 reviews

Good Night, Wiggly Toes (2019) 3 copies

Etta Extraordinaire Goes to the White House (2024) 3 copies

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Canonical name: Ahmed, Roda
Birthdate: 1981
Gender: female
Nationality: Norway
Country (for map): Norway
Birthplace: Hargeisa, Somalia
Places of residence: New York, New York, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Education: Norwegian University of Technology and Natural Sciences
Occupations: Novelist
Children's Author
Short biography: Roda Ahmed is a Norwegian novelist and children's author. Born in Hargaisa, Somalia, she emigrated with her family to Norway, and was educated at the Norwegian University of Technology and Natural Sciences. She speaks Somali, Arabic, Norwegian, English and French. In 2008 her debut novel, Forberedelsen (The Preparation), became a bestseller in Norway. Ahmed was a regular columnist for the Norwegian National newspaper, Dagsavisen and released her first children’s book, Mae Among the Stars, in 2018.

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Alma's Art by Roda Ahmed

This book is about African American painter Alma Woodsey Thomas. The pictures are beautiful and go over each color of the rainbow. This would be a good book for preschool-2nd or 3rd grade.

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annawatters | Nov 25, 2024 |

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

Unsatisfying, trivial, and neither helpful or inspiring. If the book is meant to focus on her childhood, to be more directed to the audience, then more should be said about the family, imo. But even that would not be enough for me. Sorry.

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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 32 other reviews | Oct 18, 2024 |

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

I love Mae Jemison, and so I was very excited about this book. The illustrations are beautiful, and dreamy, setting the tone of the book and it's message of following your dream. The writing was disappointing and the focus of a young girls dream rather than a young woman's hard work was a let down.

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mslibrarynerd | 32 other reviews | Jan 13, 2024 |

Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed

Beautifully illustrated story of the first African American woman to travel in space

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sloth852 | 32 other reviews | Jan 2, 2024 |

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