Sacred River by Ted Lewin (Clarion, 1994) Tells the story of a camel (Kamal), who searches for love and friendship in the desert country of Bahrain. Kamal’s Quest by Cynthia Profilet (Sterling 1993) The Contest by Nonny Hogrogian (Greenwillow 1976)Īn Armenian folktale about two robbers courting the same woman. San Souci (Orchard 1998)Ī reworking of Armenian folktales in which a lazy prince learns to read, write, and weave to win his love only to have these very talents later save him from a three-headed monster. In order to win the hand of his love, indolent Prince Haig learns to weave beautiful golden cloth, a craft that later saves his life.Ī Weave of Words: An Armenian Tale by Robert D. The Golden Bracelet by David Kherdian (Holiday House 1998) While eight-year-old Zulviya labors over a loom, weaving a rug just as generations of the women in her Turkoman family have done, she is comforted by imagining a new pattern inspired by the landscape of Afghanistan.Ī Drop of Honey: An Armenian Tale by Djemma Bider (Simon & Schuster 1989)Īfter being bad-tempered with her brothers, Anayida falls asleep and dreams of the terrible things that can happen because of the spilling of a single drop of honey. Waiting for the Owl’s Call by Gloria Whelan (Sleeping Bear 2009) Nasreen stops speaking and tries to isolate herself after the Taliban take her parents, but with the help of a good friend and a secret school, Nasreen slowly begins to break out of her shell. Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter (Beach Lane 2009) 60* When a young boy and his mother and sister come to a refugee camp to escape the war in Afghanistan, he finds some comfort in the beauty of the carpets he is learning to weave.Ĭaravan by Lawrence McKay (Lee & Low 1995)Ī ten-year-old boy accompanies his father for the first time on a caravan trip through the mountains of Afghanistan to the city below where they will trade their goods at market. The Roses in My Carpets by Rukhsana Khan (Holiday House 1998) Picture books which take place in specific Middle Eastern and South Asian countries:Īfghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan British Indian Ocean Territory Gaza Strip Georgia India Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Maldives Nepal Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates West Bank Yemen

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