English

A Palestinian Girl's Fight for Freedom

They Called Me a Lioness

Ahed Tamimi

Dena Takruri

A Journey to Palestine

Baba, What Does My Name Mean?

Rifk Ebeid

Christina Goes to the Holy Land

Maria Khoury

Salim's Soccer Ball

Tala El-Fahmawi

The Story of Hurry

Emma Williams

The Lemon Tree

Sandy Tolan

Wondrous Journeys in Strange Lands

Sonia Nimr

Book One

Thunderbird

Children of the Stone City

Beverly Naidoo

Where the Streets Had a Name

Randa Abdel Fattah

Poems of the Middle East

19 Varieties of Gazelle

Naomi Shihab Nye

Farah Rocks New Beginnings

Susan Muaddi Darraj

Farah Rocks Florida

Olive Harvest in Palestine

Wafa Shami

Shaima Farouki

Easter in Ramallah

When Za'atar Met Zeit

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

Sitti's Secrets

Poems From the Middle East

The Flag of Childhood

Habibi

You Are The Color

Hajera Khaja

The Shepherd's Granddaughter

Anne Laurel Carter

Butterfly

Code Name

Nancy Roberts

Ahlam Bsharat

Trees for the Absentees

Arabic

The Boy and the Wall

Amahl Bishara

The Aida Camp Alphabet

Lajee Center

Kifah Ajarma

Coming of Age in Palestine

Balcony on the Moon

Ibtisam Barakat

A Palestinian Childhood

Tasting the Sky

A Tale of Palestinian Friendship

Sitti and the Cats

Sally Bahous

The Blue Pool of Questions

Maya Abu-Alhayyat

Ida in the Middle

Nora Lester Murad

Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Freedom Is A Constant Struggle

Angela Davis

Biography or Memoir

Poetry

Children's Book

Fiction

Graphic Novels, Comic Books, Illustrated Books, and Manga

Nonfiction

Lebanon

Palestine

Egypt

Syria

Iraq

Morocco

Saudi Arabia

Algeria

Türkiye

Jordan

Iran

Sudan

Tunisia

Yemen

United Arab Emirates

Kuwait

Libya

Oman

Bahrain

Art and Art History

Business and Finance

Architecture and Urbanism

Music

Gastronomy

Philosophy

Literary Theory and Criticism

Feminism and Gender

Politics

Psychology

Environment, Health, and Science

Political, Cultural, and Social History

Journalism and Media Studies

Religion and Spirituality

Anthropology and Society

<p>This list was curated as part of an independent research project by author&nbsp;<a href="http://www.noralestermurad.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nora Lester Murad</a>&nbsp;(<a href="https://www.kotobli.com/en/authors/520-nora-lester-murad" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">on kotobli</a>) with teachers Kefah Ayesh,&nbsp;Sawsan Jaber,&nbsp;Mona Mustafa, and&nbsp;Abeer Ramadan-Shinawi. Their&nbsp;analysis of nearly&nbsp;60 English-language children's books exposed how the&nbsp;<a href="https://noralestermurad.com/palestinian-erasure-starts-in-preschool-with-sesame-streets-endorsement/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">erasure of Palestinians begins as early as pre-school</a>, and how&nbsp;<a href="https://noralestermurad.com/censorship-of-palestinians-is-so-normal-even-antiracists-dont-see-it/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">censorship of Palestinian narratives</a>&nbsp;manifests at every stage of the publishing process. A presentation based on the research is being delivered to educators and activists across the United States, and will soon be developed into a framework tool that educators, librarians, parents, and young readers can use to critically&nbsp;evaluate children's books involving Palestine. For information about the research, the framework tool, or to comment on the books recommended on this list or suggest other books for inclusion, please contact&nbsp;<a href="mailto:nora@noralestermurad.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nora@noralestermurad.com</a>.</p>

Children's Books on Palestine: Beyond Erasure and Censorship in USA

Children's Books on Palestine: Beyond Erasure and Censorship in USA

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