Sitti's Bird
A Gaza Story
Interlink Publishing Group Inc · Print & ebook · August 9, 2022
A sensitive and heart warming story of how a little girl in Gaza finds strength and hope through her painting.
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- Who it’s for
- A child’s experience of fear and family unfolds alongside the hope she finds in painting.
- Themes
- Art as emotional expression, Family love, Fear and resilience
- Genres
- Art & Architecture, Stories Set in the Middle East, Activism & Social Justice
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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.
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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.
Art and Hope
A child’s experience of fear and family unfolds alongside the hope she finds in painting.
Come here for
- A child’s view of Gaza, family, and making art
- Warmth and wonder alongside difficult childhood experiences
Expect
- A picture-book story written and illustrated by Palestinian artist Malak Mattar
- An honest, sensitive account of fear and finding strength
Where it sits
| Activism & Social Justice | 42% |
|---|---|
| Art & Architecture | 42% |
| Stories Set in the Middle East | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Bird Stories
- Stories Set in the Middle East
- Big Feelings
- Authors
- Malak Mattar
- Publisher
- Interlink Publishing Group Inc
- Published
- August 9, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Art as emotional expression · Family love · Fear and resilience
- Reading lane
- Bird Stories