Books about Palestine

A poetic picture book about a girl’s yearning to understand why her ancestral homeland doesn't appear on a map.

Olive trees are used to root this story of a Palestinian family’s experiences to the past, and to branch into the future. A sensitive exploration of the sophisticated topic of the coming of war and the forced migration of a people.

Drawing on the rich heritage and culture of Palestine, this book recounts the story of a father growing up connected to the land and tied by traditions of place. It explores how it feels to be cut off from this.

Focusing on the life of Malak, a little girl playing out her childhood in a city under siege, this impactful story highlights the role art played in the author’s own life, against a background of conflict and unease.

Noor is displaced from her homeland of Palestine and lives in England. Adapting to life between two different countries and continents comes with challenges and Noor feels something of an outcast in both.

This book celebrates the achievements, culture and endeavours of a whole people. It brings together religion, history, culture, food and music — all elements of life that help define who we are.

Told through the eyes of a little boy, the story showcases how it feels to live in an occupied land where there are curfews and strict militaristic rule, and where the absent are never far from the thoughts and hearts of their loved ones.

Communities that are divided by the past and by politics are explored in this engaging and heart-warming story of human connections and compassion as Max discovers the background to the overwhelming sense of grief that a child, Said, feels.