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The camel in the sun

Inspired by the retelling of a traditional Muslim hadith, an account of the words or actions of the Prophet, which the author first heard in Sri Lanka, this is an unforgettable story about empathy.

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Main Author:	Ondaatje, Griffin
Other Authors:	Wolfsgruber, Linda (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2013.
Subjects:	Empathy > Juvenile nonfiction. Animals in the Hadith > Juvenile nonfiction. Hadith > Juvenile nonfiction. Islamic stories > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:	Inspired by the retelling of a traditional Muslim hadith, an account of the words or actions of the Prophet, which the author first heard in Sri Lanka, this is an unforgettable story about empathy. The story of a camel whose cruel owner only realizes what suffering he has caused when the Prophet appears and shows love to the animal. Inspired by the retelling of a traditional Muslim hadith.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
ISBN:	9781554983810 1554983819
Author Notes:	Griffin Ondaatje is a writer and documentary filmmaker. He edited The Monkey King and Other Stories , a collection of South Asian tales. He directed Complete Unknown , a documentary feature film on Bob Dylan, and worked as a producer for CBC's Documentary Unit. His next book is a children's novel entitled The Mosquito Brothers . He has three children and lives in Toronto with his family. Linda Wolfsgruber is a world-renowned artist who has exhibited her work throughout Europe and in the United States and Japan. She has won many awards, including the Austrian Children's and Juvenile Book Award for Illustration (four times) and the Golden Apple of the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, and she has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Her striking illustrations appear in many books, including Inanna: From the Myths of Ancient Sumer , Stories from the Life of Jesus , Brunhilda and the Ring and A daisy is a daisy is a daisy . She lives in Vienna.