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How the Camel Got His Hump

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Author(s):Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):Feodor Rojankovsky
Publisher(s): Garden City Publishing Co.
Year Published: 1942
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Folk Tales
Nature - Mammals
Age Range: Ages 0-5: Picture Books
Pages: 24
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 868686543

Description

At the beginning, the camel refused to work for the first three days, so the Djinn gave him a hump, and now he can work three days without resting.

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