A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home

By Maysa Odeh

A Kirkus Best Book of 2024
A Booklist Editors Choice 2024

A young Palestinian girl living in diaspora struggles to find her homeland on a map in this gentle and heartfelt picture book.

At school, Falasteen and her classmates are tasked with finding their families' home countries on a map, but no matter how hard she looks, Falasteen can't find Palestine.

Can a place exist if it's not on a map? Confused, Falasteen turns to her family for answers. Her grandfather, grandmother, and Mama encourage her to see their homeland from a different perspective, and each of their stories helps her understand her people's history and her own place in the world.

Filled with beautiful, inspiring illustrations and thoughtful back matter that outlines key terms and historical moments, this is a story of family, resilience and home always being where the heart is.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250896703
• ISBN13: 9781250896704
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Loved It!

I listened to the audiobook version of this story and I really appreciate when an audiobook has really great production value. I loved the background noises like chalk tapping against the chalkboard and background voices of children. This book, while not long (obviously, it’s a kid’s book), got me choked up by the end. Ceasefire NOW & free Palestine!