Tahar Ben Jelloun has written several pedagogical works. His first is "Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille", translated as "Racism Explained to My Daughter" (1998). This text is an educative tool for children, and this is a main component as to why he is regularly invited to speak at schools and universities. His text is addressed to his own daughter, but he is actually writing to all French children who are troubled by complex but important topics that surround racism. He argues that the primary solution to solve racism in France is through education, specifically education starting at a young age. He also makes the connection between colonialism and racism in a way that is understandable to his young audience, explaining that colonialism is a type of domination and power that aids racism to exist at the state level. He also has written "L'Islam expliqué aux enfants", translated as "Islam Explained" (2002), and "Le Terrorisme expliqué à nos enfants", translated as "On Terrorism" (2016) in response to the 1990s protests against French immigration laws, the Islamophobia following the September 11 attacks in the United States, and the November 2015 Paris attacks, respectively.