My Olive Tree Journal Whether you need a quick

Whether you need a quick pick-me-up in the middle of the day

and as the institution breathes its last gasp

Age: 7-12

miles away from wealthy white downtown

When he steadfastly avoids relationships

My Olive Tree Journal Whether you need a quickIn this simple, touching picture book about the healing power of a loving community, a girls grandpa and her neighbors help her grow an olive tree in a war torn land. Salams grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that their roots run deep in their Palestinian land. They connect everyonefrom the farmer who presses the olives into oil to the baker who uses the oil in his taboon. Salam plants her own seed and is eager to see it grow. She waits she