When the animals in Harry's dreams settle in the park across the street, the park gardener finds homes in the zoo for all of them, except the stubborn camel.
Timoken and his sister, Zobayda, under the protection of a forest jinni but pursued by evil virideed, straddle the world of men and the world of enchantments, seeking a home while remaining young by drinking a potion called Alixir.
When the world was new, the camel, a creature of 'scruciating idleness, said "Humph!" too often and received for all time a hump[h] from the Djinn of All Deserts.
Oliver's pet-care service faces its greatest challenge when he is asked to watch a camel being kept illegally in a fenced-in back yard and it escapes into the streets.
Briefly describes the one-humped Arabian camel, the two-humped Bactrian camel, and their smaller, humpless South American relatives, the llama, alpaca, guanaco, and vicu?a.
A lonely Bactrian camel sets out in search of a friend, and after being threatened, laughed at, and insulted by other animals at the zoo and unknowingly wreaking havoc in the English countryside, he finds a real home and true friend at a safari park.
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces camels to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
