A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home Lisa Smith They’ll learn the elegant intricacies

They’ll learn the elegant intricacies of creatures as small as honeybees

ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten

a sweeping indictment of the West’s culture of complacency

inside jokes

A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child's Search for Home Lisa Smith They’ll learn the elegant intricaciesA 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