White Ravens’98/Egypt/60608
Marston, Elsa (text)
El Guindi, Abdel Aziz (illus.)
Free as the desert wind
Cairo: Hoopoe Books, 1996. [32pp]
ISBN 977-5325-66-8
Father/Son - Desert - Camel - Disobedience
With great reluctance his father allows twelve-year old Omar to join him
on the long camel drive from Sudan to Egypt. Omar experiences the
loneliness of the journey and the extremities of a sandstorm. Soon he
befriends a young camel, who helps them find a desparately needed water
well. Unable to sell the camel and save him from the slaughter house, Omar
secretly sets the young camel free 
in the desert, but the loyal animal soon returns. Attractively illustrated with
color-pencil drawings, this well-told story will enrich multicultural library
collections. (8+)	

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