My Olive Tree Jay Cooper Boys need better role models

Boys need better role models

Billy has an ally in his best friend

But not everyone understands Salma’s religion the way she does

Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod

When the rain spoils Zak’s plan for a safari adventure

My Olive Tree Jay Cooper Boys need better role modelsIn this simple, touching picture book about the healing power of a loving community, a girl's grandpa and her neighbors help her grow an olive tree in a war torn land. Salam's grandpa says that olive trees are strong and that their roots run deep in their Palestinian land. They connect everyone from 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