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The Camel's Lament
from: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.4
EAN: 9780375814266
ISBN: 0375814264
Label: Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: September 28, 2004
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: September 28, 2004
Studio: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Editorial Review:
THE POOR CAMEL! While most creatures are prized, pampered, or at least tended to (down to the lowly pig!), the camel is our beast of burden, left to thirst, forage, and sleep in the merciless desert. This beautiful, comical picture book is for anyone who has ever thought the “grass is greener”! Award winner Charles Santore does it again!Praise for A Stowaway on Noah’s Ark:“Santore’s carefully detailed watercolors possess both elegance and power.”—Publishers Weekly “Grand, dazzlingly precise animal portraits . . . gorgeous pictures, which are rendered in breathtaking detail—every animal feather and spot. . . .”—Booklist
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Terrific readaloud to go with A HOUSE IS A HOUSE FOR ME
The rolling rhyme, the outstandingly detailed pictures make this a sure hit for first and second graders. Big print, great vocabulary and variety of viewpoints enhance its usefulness. Like Lois Ehlert books, and Ruth Heller's titles, this will be in use for years and years. Team it with Mary Ann Hoberman's A HOUSE IS A HOUSE FOR ME and you've got a nicely linked literature cluster to encourage young readers to love poetry.
Rating: - Lovely lap read, but it's more for 2-5 than 4-8 years old
My almost 3 year old daughter picked this book out of a display and asks us to read it again and again.
Award winning artist Charles Santore illustrates a nonesense poem by Charles Edward Carryl. The large, detailed and colorful illustrations of animals with expressive droll faces attract and hold my toddler's attention. You can see what I mean by looking at the sample pages.
The poem reminds me of Edward Lear and is of the same 19th century vintage. And Charles Carryl ... Read More
Rating:  - Droll and humorous
Charles Edward Carryl, 1841 to 1920, was a writer of nonsense rhymes and verse in the tradition of Lewis Carroll. Award winning artist, Charles Santore, brings to life this little known poem.
The burdened life of a camel is drollfully compared to the lives of other domesticated animals. "Cats, you're aware, can repose in a chair, chickens can roost upon rails, puppies are able to sllep in a stable, and oysters can slumber in pails. But no one supposes a poor camel dozes - anyplace ... Read More
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