Our Colourful World

Our Colourful World is an Islamic audiobook for children aged 4 to 9 about a little girl who finds, one outing at a time, that the world is more beautiful because everything in it is different.

She goes to a florist with her mother and cannot choose a favourite flower, because some are big with small leaves and others are small with big leaves. At the bird garden with her father, she does not want to leave: every bird is different, some with long beaks, long feet or colourful wings, others simple and all one colour. At the butterfly garden with her grandmother, the wings are big and small and every colour. At a concert with her grandfather, the piano, the violin, the flute and the drums each sound good on their own.

Each time, the grown-up tells her the same thing: each one is beautiful by itself, but together they are more beautiful and make the world a better place. In her kindergarten painting class, her teacher says it about people too, whatever their colours, languages and religions, and the girl sets out to paint a colourful world.

The repeated line makes the book easy for young children to remember and say along. The app presents it as a reminder that Allah created us all in different shapes, sizes and colours, though the book itself does not name Allah. It is written by Golnar Servatian and is music-free.