52 Days by Camel: My Sahara Adventure | TheBookSeekers

52 Days by Camel: My Sahara Adventure


New Adventures Travels

School year: Year 4, Year 5, Year 6, Year 7

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No. of pages 88

Published: 2000

Great for age 7-12 years

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This chronicle records a trip to Timbuktu and beyond to Taoudenni describing the author''s adventures and discoveries. He describes seas of orange sand, visiting nomad camps, mirages and sandstorms along the progress of his travels.'

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book features in the following series: Adventure Travel, New Adventures Travels .

There are 88 pages in this book. This book was published in 2000 by Annick Press Ltd .

Nora Hilb is the award-winning illustrator of dozens of children's books in her native Argentina and around the world. She previously worked with Debora Pearson on "Animachines. " Lawrie Raskin has always been enthralled with the Sahara Desert. He has lived with desert nomads and traveled with them on their camel caravans. As a result of his many trips to North Africa and the Middle East, he became fluent in Arabic, filmed TV documentaries, worked as an expedition guide and sold his photographs to various media around the globe.

 

This book is in the following series:

New Adventures Travels

Adventure Travel

This book has been nominated for the following awards:

Nappa Gold Award - Grades 3-6
This book was recognised in the Grades 3-6 category of the Nappa Gold Award.

Nappa Gold Award - Ages 9+
This book was recognised in the Ages 9+ category by the Nappa Gold Award.

This book features the following character:

Lawrence Raskin
This book features the character Lawrence Raskin.

This nonfiction memoir will fascinate all armchair travelers as they journey with the author on his real-life trek.