Eight-year-old Zulviya, her sister and hercousin, her mother and her grandmother...they all belong to the loom. For generations the womenof Zulviya's family have earned their living by weavingrugs by hand. The rugs are valuable and the women are proud oftheir beautiful handiwork. But the work is hard. It takesmonths to weave a rug; each one contains hundreds ofthousands of knots. Before one work day has passed, Zulviya will tie thousands of knots. As she sits at her work, Zulviya weaves not one but twopatterns. The pattern on the loom will become a finerug. She weaves a second pattern in her mind. There shesees the green of the Afghani hills, the bright blue of thenearby lake, and the vivid orange of the setting sun. AndZulviya takes comfort in the landscape in her mind. To find recipes, games, interactives maps and much more for this title visit www. discovertheworldbooks. com! Gloria Whelan's other picture books in the Tales of the World series areYuki and the One Thousand Carriers (2008 Society of Illustrators GoldMedal winner) and Yatandou (a Junior Library Guild selection). Ms. Whelan lives in Michigan. Pascal Milelli's illustration clients include Harper's, The Atlantic, andScribner Books. His picture book, The Art Room, by Susan Vande Griek, received the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award from theCanadian Library Association in 2003. Pascal lives in Vancouver, Canada. | Waiting for the Owl's Call by Gloria Whelan, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters