Wasatch County Library

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.

"Introduces young readers to camels, including physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, diet, and life cycle"--

When hard-working animals complain to "the magic desert watcher" about camel's laziness, the watcher agrees to make things more fair.

"A girl travels to the Gobi Desert, joins a group of photographers who are studying wild camels, and learns how camels have adapted to the desert and how they behave in the wild"-

In the Gobi Desert, a family of nomads, who assist in the birth of its camel herd, face a crisis when one white calf is rejected by its mother. With all hope lost, the family sends its two young boys on a journey to a far-off village to fetch a musician capable of performing a magical ceremony.