Publisher: Candlewick Press
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Eleven Words for Love: A Journey Through Arabic Expressions of Love
A lyrical narrative of a Palestinian family in exile explores universal bonds of family, loyalty, and friendship through the lens of eleven Arabic expressions for love. A family has fled their homeland in search of safety in another country, carrying a single suitcase. As their journey unfolds, the oldest child reflects on the special contents…
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Hope is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese-American Poet Khalil Gibran
A lyrical biography of Kahlil Gibran by award-winning writer Cory McCarthy, with glorious illustrations by Caldecott Honoree and two-time Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Ekua Holmes.Before Kahlil Gibran ever put his pen to the page to eventually become the world’s third best-selling poet of all time, he was Gibran Khalil Gibran, a child immigrant…