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Record # 1 Title : Muktar and the camels Author : Graber, Janet. Publisher : New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009. Edition : 1st ed. Subject Heading(s) : Camels--Juvenile fiction. Orphans--Juvenile fiction. Refugees--Juvenile fiction. Schools--Juvenile fiction. Somalis--Kenya--Juvenile fiction. Somalis--Juvenile fiction. Kenya--Juvenile fiction. Description : 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. maps ; 27 cm. Notes : Primary (K-3) Muktar, an eleven-year-old refugee living in a Kenyan orphanage, dreams of tending camels again, as he did with his nomadic family in Somalia, and has a chance to prove himself when a traveling librarian with an injured camel arrives at his school. "Christy Ottaviano Books." Other Name : Mack, Scott, ISBN : 0805078347 (reinforced) : $16.99 9780805078343 (reinforced) : $16.99

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Library:    Call Number:    Location:    Status:    Date Due:    Rochester Public Library  F GRA    Children's Area, 1st Floor    Available      Rochester Public Library    Children's Area, 1st Floor    Available      Rochester Public Library    Children's Area, 1st Floor    Available      Rochester Public Library    Children's Area, 1st Floor    Available      Bookmobile - Rochester Public Library  FX GRA    Bookmobile    Available on Bookmobile      Bookmobile - Rochester Public Library    Bookmobile    Available on Bookmobile

Summary : Muktar lives in an orphanage on the border of Kenya and Somalia. He daydreams about his old life with his family and especially tending to camels. One day, visitors arrive bearing books, and Muktar's friend Ismail is excited; so is Muktar, but for a different reason--the visitors are riding on camels. Muktar quickly discovers that one of the animals is injured and realizes this is his chance to prove himself. If there is anythingMuktar knows, it is camels. Through the eyes of an endearing protagonist whose love and respect for animals shines, this beautifully told story introduces young readers to another part of the world and way of life. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Publisher's Weekly Review Graber's (Jacob and the Polar Bears) quiet story centers on an 11-year-old "dreamer" who deeply misses the time "before drought and war engulfed his homeland." Muktar and his family had roamed Somalia as nomads, their "worldly possessions strapped to mighty camels"; Muktar's father had repeatedly told his son, "Camels first. Always camels first. Camels are treasure." When a traveling librarian delivers books to the orphanage where Muktar now lives, he asks the boy to guard his three camels. Muktar notices that one has a gash in its foot, and he gently treats the wound with paste from a gnarled root that his father had given him; the librarian offers to take Muktar with him to care for his camels. A brief author's note about recent Somalia history gives the story a real-world context (the Kenya National Library Service deploys teams of camels each month to deliver books to schools and orphanages). First-time picture book illustrator Mack contributes muted, atmospheric oil paintings of a hazy African landscape and, depicted in grayscale, Muktar's treasured memories of a life before war. Ages 4-8. (Aug.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved Copyright Reed Business Information

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