Book Beat is pleased to announce that National Book Award winning author Gloria Whelan will speak and autograph books at Book Beat on Sunday, November 22nd from 2 – 3:30 p.m.
Whelan will be talking about her latest children’s books, Waiting for the Owl’s Call and The Listeners. Books will be available for purchase at the event or can be ordered in advance.
Waiting for the Owl’s Call is the fictional but realistic story of an eight-year-old named Zulviya, a girl from Afghanistan whose female family members have been weavers for generations. Whelan presents an educational and thought-provoking introduction for young readers to the cultures and traditions of Afghanistan through the perspective of one child, as well as a compelling look at the global carpet industry and child labor. This is the third title in the Tales of the World series.
In The Listeners, Whelan tells the story of Ella May, a young slave girl who lives on a plantation in the American South before the Civil War. During the day Ella May must pick cotton in the plantation fields, but for her the important job comes at night when she goes to listen outside the slave owner’s house for secret news that could affect everyone. Brightly illustrated by Mike Benny’s paintings, this new picture book is part of the Tales of Young Americans series.
Gloria Whelan is a local author born in Detroit who has written many children’s books that take place around the world and also in various Michigan settings such as Friend on Freedom River, Night of the Full Moon, and Homeless Bird, a National Book Award winner.
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