Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story

by Malak Mattar (Author)

Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story
Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

A sensitive and heart warming story of how a little girl in Gaza finds strength and hope through her painting. Sitti's Bird is a unique children's picture book, written and illustrated by Palestinian artist, Malak Mattar, reflecting her experiences of childhood in Palestine. Malak is a little girl who lives in Gaza with her parents. She goes to school, plays in the ocean, and visits Sitti's house on Fridays. One day while she is in school, bombings begin. She spends the next 50 days at home with her parents worrying and feeling scared, until one day she picks up her paintbrush ...

Sitti's Bird: A Gaza Story is a unique children's picture book, written and illustrated by Palestinian artist, Malak Mattar. Reflecting her experiences of childhood in occupied Palestine, Malak's story brings warmth and wonder to children as it tells of her rebirth as an artist during the 2014 airstrikes on Gaza. It is the story of a young girl whose love for her family and discovery of art help her channel her fears and overcome traumas that few of us can imagine--traumas shared by countless children in Gaza and around the world.

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$18.95

Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781623718251
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Crocodile Books
Publication date
August 09, 2022
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV002040 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Birds
JUV039050 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
JUV030110 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
Library of Congress categories
Autobiographies
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Middle E
Gaza Strip
JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emotions &
Artists, Palestinian Arab
Mattar, Malak
Gaza War, 2014

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