'IT ALL BEGAN WITH A PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH... AND IT ENDED WITH A HUMMUS SANDWICH.' THAT'S HOW HER MAJESTY QUEEN RANIA AL ABDULLAH OF JORDAN STARTS 'THE SANDWICH SWAP', HER CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK WHICH HAS JUST BECOME A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. IN THE STORY, RANIA'S FORTH TALE FOR CHILDREN TO BE PUBLISHED, THE SANDWICHES PROVIDE A LINK INTO A STORY OF TWO FRIENDS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, WHO AFTER THEY SWAP THEIR LUNCHES, DISCOVER THEY HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN THEY REALIZED. THE MOTHER OF FOUR, WELL KNOWN FOR HER WORK PROMOTING CROSS-CULTURAL DIALOGUE, HOPES THAT THE BOOK WILL TEACH YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE VALUES OF UNDERSTANDING AND COMPASSION. AND THIS WEEK THE BOOK SHOT STRAIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS TO BECOME NUMBER ONE SELLING CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOK IN THE US, ACCORDING TO THE BIG APPLE NEWSPAPER. SET TO CELEBRATE HER 40th BIRTHDAY LATER THIS YEAR, THE QUEEN WAS RECENTLY ON THE PROMOTIONAL BOOK TOUR THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATS. QUEEN RANIA'S SHARE OF THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF THE BOOK, WHICH SHE CO-WROTE WITH KELLY DIPUCCHIO AND FEATURES ILLUSTRATIONS BY TRICIA TUSA, WILL GO TO MADRASATI JORDON, AN EDUCATION INITIATIVE LAUNCHED BY THE QUEEN TO RENOVATE AND BETTER THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN 500 STATE-RUN SCHOOLS.
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