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Hilwa's gifts / Safa Suleiman ; illustrated by Anait Semirdzhyan.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.1.S825 Hi 2025
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Suleiman, Safa, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olive--Juvenile fiction.
- Olive.
- Trees--Juvenile fiction.
- Trees.
- Families--Juvenile fiction.
- Families.
- Palestine--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.
- Palestine.
- Olive--Fiction.
- Trees--Fiction.
- Family life--Fiction.
- Picture books.
- Palestine--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Children's stories.
- Picture books for children.
- Picture books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Ali has arrived in Palestine for a visit just in time for the olive harvest. His grandfather, Seedo, and Hilwa--his favorite tree--greet him in the grove, where Seedo explains that Hilwa has many gifts to share. Other family members whack the trees' branches with sticks, singing 'Zaytoon, ya zaytoon' while cousins clap and dance and happily pick up fallen olives. (Luckily, a gentle whack is all it takes for Hilwa's fruits to rain down!) The next day, at the olive press, Ali watches the drip of gold liquid into a can, another of Hilwa's gifts. Later, they picnic under the tree's branches with hot mint tea, pita, and delicious olive oil swirled on hummus. Tradition is the greatest gift of all: the family gathering--generation after generation--to celebrate a bountiful harvest"-- Provided by publisher.
- ISBN:
- 9781536229424
- 1536229423
- OCLC:
- 1511792244
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