Mysterious traveller /
Peet, Mal,
Mysterious traveller / Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch. - London : Walker Books, 2013. - 46 unnumbered pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
This tale begins with a disgruntled camel, desperately trying to protect a little baby from a violent desert storm whipping up all around him. He is rescued by Issa - the desert guide - who takes the child in, naming her Mariama. She becomes Issa's family and, as he begins to lose his sight, his eyes. Many years later, a mysterious stranger arrives at their doorstep, a stranger who will change both their lives for ever.
9781406337075 (hbk.) : �12.99
Children's stories.
Fiction 5+.
General.
823.92
Mysterious traveller / Mal Peet, Elspeth Graham ; illustrated by P.J. Lynch. - London : Walker Books, 2013. - 46 unnumbered pages : illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm
This tale begins with a disgruntled camel, desperately trying to protect a little baby from a violent desert storm whipping up all around him. He is rescued by Issa - the desert guide - who takes the child in, naming her Mariama. She becomes Issa's family and, as he begins to lose his sight, his eyes. Many years later, a mysterious stranger arrives at their doorstep, a stranger who will change both their lives for ever.
9781406337075 (hbk.) : �12.99
Children's stories.
Fiction 5+.
General.
823.92