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One Camel Called Doug: the perfect countdown to bedtime!
A warmly reassuring rhyming story (with a fun counting element!) about how it’s ok to need a little alone time, from the author of the award-winning The Littlest Yak. Doug the camel is all alone and sometimes he wonders whether one is enough (it makes playing hide and seek terribly tough…). So when at first one, then two, then three, then four more camels turn up (followed by a whole camel herd), Doug delights in the possibilities all these new friends bring. But when Doug is ‘all camelled out’ from all the excitement and it's time to count down to bedtime, he takes just as much pleasure from the peace of being alone once again. Lu Fraser’s warm, funny text is a delight to read out loud and is brilliantly illustrated by Sarah Warburton in the first book from this exciting new picture book partnership. By Lu Fraser & Kate Littlest Yak
- GenresPicture BooksChildrens
32 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 17, 2022
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About the author
Lu Fraser
15 books12 followersI’m supposed to be writing something about myself for the author page on my new website but, to be honest, I spend most of my time being hugely surprised that I’m now a published writer (so you can imagine my reaction when I come across one of my books in a bookshop!). How I’ve managed to create and publish picture books when I can barely use the remote control is a constant source of wonder to both me and my family but… here I am!
I’ve come to the conclusion that the ‘about me’ bit should be big on shortness and short on boring-ness so I’m just going to tell you five things about me that no one knows (Shhh! They’re a secret!) and leave it at that…
1: I secretly think I could be Indiana Jones – I even have the hat…
2: I do, on occasion, eat cake for breakfast.
3: I’m not very good at telling the time, even ‘though I’m a grown up.
4: I talk to Gertie, The Littlest Yak, all the time (when I get stuck on something, I ask her what she thinks I should do….)
5: I practice interview questions when I’m driving in the car so that I don’t accidentally let it slip that I eat cake for breakfast or talk to a yak…
I’ve come to the conclusion that the ‘about me’ bit should be big on shortness and short on boring-ness so I’m just going to tell you five things about me that no one knows (Shhh! They’re a secret!) and leave it at that…
1: I secretly think I could be Indiana Jones – I even have the hat…
2: I do, on occasion, eat cake for breakfast.
3: I’m not very good at telling the time, even ‘though I’m a grown up.
4: I talk to Gertie, The Littlest Yak, all the time (when I get stuck on something, I ask her what she thinks I should do….)
5: I practice interview questions when I’m driving in the car so that I don’t accidentally let it slip that I eat cake for breakfast or talk to a yak…
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January 7, 2025
Very cute!
November 25, 2021
A fabulous book, that conveys the joy of getting a new friend, and then a further new friend, and then a newer new friend – and also of the delights of being alone with far fewer cares in the world. Faultless rhymes, a repeated section that introduces each new camel (did I not say we're talking about camels here?!) with a kind-of 'guess what finishes the rhyme' beat as each new arrival is named... There's a lot here to love and practically nothing to dislike. I mean, I'd never really wondered what dromedaries would wear as fancy dress – now I know. The charms of this book will be lasting.
December 19, 2021
Lu Fraser has done it again! One Camel Called Doug is another standout, spectacular picture book from award-winning storyteller extraordinaire, Lu Fraser.
Lu's ability to create such loveable characters is bewitching - I adored delightful Doug and his camel crew in this charming and reassuring tale about finding pleasure and peace in solitude (because we all need a little alone/self care time).
With flawless rhyme and a fun counting element too, One Camel Called Doug will lead the herd for best picture books in 2022.
Lu's ability to create such loveable characters is bewitching - I adored delightful Doug and his camel crew in this charming and reassuring tale about finding pleasure and peace in solitude (because we all need a little alone/self care time).
With flawless rhyme and a fun counting element too, One Camel Called Doug will lead the herd for best picture books in 2022.
January 9, 2023
One Camel Called Doug is a funny rhyming story that also involves counting. It starts with one camel, but there may be more, or it could be something else. Doug tries to figure out what he is seeing and how many you need for playing games like hide and seek or going on a bobsleigh or playing football.
It's bright and vibrant with some hilarity in its illustrations.
It's a beautiful book that brings camels alive in ways readers will find hilarious and will never have seen before.
Any nursery, library, home could have this in their possession to great effect.
It's a book I highly recommend!
It's bright and vibrant with some hilarity in its illustrations.
It's a beautiful book that brings camels alive in ways readers will find hilarious and will never have seen before.
Any nursery, library, home could have this in their possession to great effect.
It's a book I highly recommend!
January 8, 2025
Die Kamele sind so super gezeichnet. Love it
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