Books about Palestine & War for Kids

Books with soft introductions to Palestine and the concept and effects of war (including conflicts from regions beyond Palestine)

Updated October 24, 2024
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My olive tree
Elbayya, Hazar
Paper Book
In this simple, touching picture book about the healing power of a loving community, a girl's grandpa and her neighbors help her grow an olive tree in a war-torn land. A BOOKLIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Salam's grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that...
These olive trees
Ghanameh, Aya
Paper Book
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...
11 words for love
Abdel-Fattah, Randa
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE A CBCA NOTABLE PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 MULTICULTURAL NSW AWARD There are eleven words for love, and my family knows them all. ...
Homeland : my father dreams of Palestine
Moushabeck, Hannah
Paper Book
A father and his daughters may not be able to return home . . . but they can celebrate stories of their homeland! As bedtime approaches, three young girls eagerly await the return of their father who tells them stories of a faraway homeland--Palestine....
Story boat
Maclear, Kyo
Paper Book
When you have to leave behind almost everything you know, where can you call home? Sometimes home is simply where we are- here. An imaginative, lyrical, unforgettable picture book about the migrant experience through a child's eyes. When a little girl and her younger brother are...
The little war cat
Khan, Hiba Noor
Paper Book
Inspired by a true story, The Little War Cat is a moving picture book by debut author Hiba Khan, depicting a hopeful story amidst conflict from the perspective of Aleppo's smallest inhabitants: a little grey cat.The Little War Cat follows the story of a little grey cat who is...
War
Letria, Jose? Jorge
Paper Book
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book An award-winning, stunningly illustrated, sober depiction of war. A recipient of the prestigious Nami Concours prize, this remarkable book of striking, often surreal illustrations and sparse prose reveals the many sides of...
We are Palestinian : a celebration of culture and tradition
Kassis, Reem
Paper Book
Celebrating all things Palestinian!
The cat at the wall
Ellis, Deborah
Paper Book
A remarkable and thought-provoking new novel set on Israel's West Bank, by the author of The Breadwinner. On Israel's West Bank, a cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house that has just been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers. The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a...

For slightly older kids (9+)

Tasting the sky
Barakat, Ibtisam
Paper Book
"When a war ends it does not go away," my mother says."It hides inside us . . . Just forget!" But I do not want to do what Mother says . . . I want to remember. In this groundbreaking memoir set in Ramallah during the aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, Ibtisam...

Memoir for slightly older kids (10+)


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