Middle East/North African Lit discussion

Hi,
For a person who is trying to learn Arabic ,what books fiction like Famous five, Heidi, Charlotte's web ( i.e books intended for children , elementary to middle grade.ish) etc and books of poetry and rhymes in Arabic , would you recommed?
Thanks in advance for your recs.

Hi, I don't know your language level, but عائد إلى حيفا is nice and short and compelling enough I think. You could also look into short stories by Salwa Bakr, novels and short stories by Bahaa Taher, and Ghada Samman's short story collection called The Square Moon: Supernatural Tales (available in English too).

Thank you.

Helmi El Touni has a beautiful illustrated rhymes series, published by Al Shorouk