These Olive Trees
$43.28
- Hardcover
40 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2023
Summary
The story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye. The story of a Palestinian family’s ties to the land, and how one young girl finds a way to care for her home, even as she says goodbye.
It’s 1967 in Nablus, Palestine. Oraib loves the olive trees that grow outside the refugee camp where she lives. Each harvest, she and her mama pick the small fruits and she eagerly stomp stomp stomps on them to rele…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593525180 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593525183 |
| Author: | Aya Ghanameh |
| Publisher: | Penguin USA |
| Imprint: | Viking Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 471g |
| Dimensions: | 236mm x 287mm x 10mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-5 |
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“In this poignant yet child-appropriate perspective on warfare, Ghanameh’s hand-drawn illustrations full of green landscape and white tents bring to life the refugee experience. […] A sorrowful tale of the impact of warfare, infused with hope.“—Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Aya Ghanameh
Aya Ghanameh is a Palestinian illustrator, writer, and designer from Amman, Jordan. Her work moves away from state-centric ways of thinking to center the voices of ordinary people in historical and political narratives. Her debut picture book, These Olive Trees, is inspired by the experiences of her family who cultivated her love of the land throughout her upbringing in exile. Having graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design, she is currently based in New York City where she overspends on food from Arab restaurants.
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