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The old mother camel's new baby, Abdul, is a strange looking creature that causes his owner all sorts of problems.
Author Notes
Rosemary Wells was born in New York City on January 29, 1943. She studied at the Museum School in Boston. Without her degree, she left school at the age of 19 to get married. She began her career in publishing, working as an art editor and designer first at Allyn and Bacon and later at Macmillan Publishing.
She is an author and illustrator of over 60 books for children and young adults. Her first book was an illustrated edition of Gilbert and Sullivan's I Have a Song to Sing-O. Her other works include Martha's Birthday, The Fog Comes on Little Pig Feet, Unfortunately Harriet, Mary on Horseback, and Timothy Goes to School. She also created the characters of Max and Ruby, Noisy Nora, and Yoko, which are featured in some of her books. She has won numerous awards including a Children's Book Council Award for Noisy Nora in 1974, the Edgar Allan Poe award for two young adult books, Through the Looking Glass and When No One Was Looking, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Shy Charles.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Mother camel Gilda gives birth to a white Arabian horse, causing consternation at the arrival of such a funny-looking ``camel.'' PW's comment: ``The pictures and the droll little story are bound to win more fans for the book's talented creator, who shows how discrimination can backfire.'' (37) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Mother camel Gilda giving birth to colt Abdul is one of those take it or leave it anomalies. Gilda and her driver Feisal decide to take it and so end up being rejected by the other drivers who brand axe-faced, humpless Abdul a devil. . . until Abdul finds an oasis full of his own kind and they are the outcasts. Sly-looking Feisal riding his camel sidesaddle, Gilda buried up to her hump in a drift, and the absurd collection of desert get-ups (there are not only fezzes, turbans and djellabas but one woman in a strapless dress) add to the drollery of this mini-mishap. But if you're at all inclined to ask why, this could be more frustrating than fun. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
That mainstay of Bedouin life--the camel--is given humorous treatment in a pint-size book that packs a punch line. When Geisel's beloved mother camel gives birth to a (gasp!) horse, the trio are abandoned by the tribe. Suddenly, baby Abdul is gone too, but with a secret in tow . . . With attractive drawings in desert hues. Ages 5-7.
