Sitti's Secrets (Aladdin Picture Books)

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Nancy Carpenter (Illustrator)

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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.

  • ISBN10 0689817061
  • ISBN13 9780689817069
  • Publish Date 1 October 1997 (first published 30 April 1994)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Simon & Schuster
  • Edition Reprint ed.
  • Format Paperback
  • Language English