Ten-year-old Maria Cristina goes to visit her grandfather so that he can teach her to weave, as her family in northern New Mexico has done for seven generations.
Taught to hate and fear the heritage that sets her apart from most people of the kindgom, fifteen-year-old Princess Avielle of Rhia must finally embrace the magic of her Dredonian ancestors to save the very people who scorn her.
High above the world, a weaver spins thread from such things as clouds, dyes it with colors from the sky and grass, and weaves a cloth filled with the emotions she sees throughout the day to make a blanket of dreams.
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
An Afghan boy struggling with the realities of his life in a refugee camp finds strength in his training as a carpet weaver, creating a tapestry of roses that helps him cope when his sister is hurt.
When the king orders a boy to make him a huge wardrobe out of the clouds in the sky, the boy warns him that it is more than he needs but the king does not listen.
