The list below includes titles on Palestine. More recommended books can be found here: 12 Children’s and YA Books by Palestinian Authors
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 Bookshop (an indie bookstore platform) and / or Powells.com (an independent, unionized bookstore). A small percentage from book sales through these links goes to Teaching for Change.
Titles with reviews on this site are noted with an asterisk (*).
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
Sharing Our Homeland: Palestinian and Jewish Children at Summer Peace Camp
By Trish Marx, Cindy Karp
