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THE DANCING CAMEL by Betsy Byars Kirkus Star

THE DANCING CAMEL

by Betsy Byars

Pub Date: Aug. 30th, 1965
ISBN: 0670254754
Publisher: Viking

Camilla Camel the last in the caravan line made the most of her privacy to go off into a fancy sort of soft-shoe shuffle. It turned out to be a Spontaneous expression of pleasure at walking across the hot sands but an entrepreneur, Abul the Tricky tried to make her perform at the market place Camilla however, just went into a primadonnish huff until, the caravan came to pick her up for the return trip. The fancy-stepping adds some lift to an otherwise rather pedestrian story. The black and white line drawings convincingly represent the locale and dover the spectrum of camel expressions.