TY - BOOK AU - Mattar,Malak TI - Sitti's Bird : : A Gaza Story SN - 9781623716912 U1 - 709.2 23 PY - 2024/// CY - Northampton, Massachusetts PB - Crocodile Books KW - Mattar, Malak KW - Artists, Palestinian Arab KW - Gaza Strip KW - Biography KW - Juvenile literature KW - Gaza War, 2014 KW - Women N2 - "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. 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"-- ER -