AZAD'S CAMEL
Author: Pal, Erika
Illustrator: Pal, Erika

Review Date: August 1, 2010
Publisher:Frances Lincoln
Pages: 40
Price ( Hardback ): $17.95
Publication Date: September 1, 2010
ISBN ( Hardback ): 978-1-84507-982-6
Category: Picture Books

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A kidnapped orphan races away to freedom. In an Arabian village, a little boy named Azad, who lives with his poor elderly uncle, fetches water for tea and tends to the goat before running off to play with his friends. ...

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