Palestine
The list below includes titles on Palestine. It is a relatively short list. We welcome your recommendations of titles to add. Also, see more titles on these lists: Arabs and Arab Americans and Muslims.
Teaching for Change carefully selects the best multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. Learn about our criteria for selecting titles.
For more resources, curricula, and articles, visit the site, Teach Palestine.
We also recommend this article by the editors of Rethinking Schools, Boycotting Occupation: Educators and Palestine
Most of the books on these lists are linked for more information or purchase to Powells, an independent, union labor bookstore. Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk(*).
After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives
By Edward Said, Jean Mohr (Photographer)
The Aida Camp Alphabet
By Lajee
Baba, What Does My Name Mean? A Journey to Palestine
By Rifk Ebeid, Lamaa Jawhari (Illustrator)
Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine
By Ibitsam Baraket
The Boy and the Wall
By Youth at Lajee Centre in Aida Refugee Camp
A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship
By Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
Determined to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village
By Jody Sokolower, foreword by Nick Estes
The Flag of Childhood: Poems from the Middle East
Edited by Naomi Shihab Nye
Gaza Writes Back: Short Stories from Young Writers in Gaza, Palestine
By Refaat Alareer (Editor)
Habibi
By Naomi Shihab Nye
A Little Piece of Ground*
By Elizabeth Laird, Sonia Nimr (With)
Outside the Ark
By Ellen O’Grady
P is for Palestine: A Palestine Alphabet Book
By Golbarg Bashi (Illustrator), Golrokh Nafisi (Editor), Kourosh Beigpour (Editor)
Palestine
By Joe Sacco, Edward W. Said (Introduction by)
Salt Houses
By Hala Alyan
Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp
By Trish Marx, Cindy Karp
The Shepherd's Granddaughter
By Anne Laurel Carter
Sitti's Secrets*
By Naomi Shihab Nye, Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)
Tasting the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood
By Ibtisam Barakat
Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak
By Deborah Ellis
Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Primer
By Phyllis Bennis
Young Palestinians Speak: Living Under Occupation
By Anthony Robinson, Annemarie Young
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