Age
5-8
Grade
K-3
Naomi Shihab Nye, Nancy Carpenter
Sitti's Secrets
Paperback
(Aladdin Oct. 1, 1997)
, Reprint edition
A beautiful picture book about family and love across distance.
Mona’s grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small Palestinian village on the other side of the earth. Once, Mona went to visit her.
The couldn’t speak each other’s language, so they made up their own. They learned about each other’s worlds, and they discovered each other’s secrets. Then it was time for Mona to go back home, back to the other side of the earth. But even though there were millions of miles and millions of people between them, they remained true neighbors forever.
Mona’s grandmother, her Sitti, lives in a small Palestinian village on the other side of the earth. Once, Mona went to visit her.
The couldn’t speak each other’s language, so they made up their own. They learned about each other’s worlds, and they discovered each other’s secrets. Then it was time for Mona to go back home, back to the other side of the earth. But even though there were millions of miles and millions of people between them, they remained true neighbors forever.
- Series
- Aladdin Picture Books
- ISBN
- 0689817061 / 9780689817069
- Pages
- 32
- Weight
- 4.8 oz.
- Dimensions
- 9.0 x 0.2 in.
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