This item is the only Palestinian picturebook represented in the corpus. Published in Lebanon and authored by Palestinian citizen Rinad Hamed, Scribble [ خربشة “Kharbsa”] considers the role of art in childhood and the home. A boy and his sister draw all over the walls of their house using everything, including their bodies as a canvas. Their mother arrives, to tell off the pair sternly, but she ends up laughing and joining in. The visual narrative ends with the mother helping her children to paint on the walls, turning the house into a mural of family love. The picturebook is an interesting way for children to think about the relationship between parents and children in the home.
