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Once upon a camel  Cover Image Book Book

Once upon a camel / Kathi Appelt ; pictures by Eric Rohmann.

Appelt, Kathi, 1954- (author.). Rohmann, Eric, (illustrator.).

Summary:

In 1910, Zada the camel treks across the West Texas desert to save two baby kestrels from an approaching haboob, a mountain-sized storm. She shares stories of the adventures from her youth in Turkey to keep them calm.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781534406438
  • ISBN: 1534406433
  • ISBN: 9781534406445
  • ISBN: 1534406441
  • Physical Description: 322 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book."
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Grades 4-6. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Subject: Camels > Juvenile fiction.
Kestrels > Juvenile fiction.
Animals > Infancy > Juvenile fiction.
Dust storms > Juvenile fiction.
Storytelling > Juvenile fiction.
Texas > History > 1846-1950 > Juvenile fiction.
Turkey > History > Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861 > Juvenile fiction.
Camels > Fiction.
Kestrels > Fiction.
Animals > Infancy > Fiction.
Dust storms > Fiction.
Storytelling > Fiction.
Texas > History > 1846-1950 > Fiction.
Turkey > History > Abdul Mejid, 1839-1861 > Fiction.
Genre: Children's stories.
Animal fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Burlington Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Burlington Public Library J APPELT 39851001622340 Children's Chapter Books Copy hold Available -

Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist, and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Maybe a Fox (with Alison McGhee), Keeper, and many picture books including Counting Crows and Max Attacks. She has two grown children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. Visit her at KathiAppelt.com.

Eric Rohmann is the Caldecott Medal–winning illustrator of My Friend Rabbit and received a Caldecott Honor for Time Flies. He has both written and illustrated numerous books for children, including Bulldozer’s Big Day, Honeybee, and Bulldozer’s Christmas Dig, all written by Candace Fleming. He lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Find out more at EricRohmann.com.


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