Review by Booklist Review
Gr. 1-3. Pamela's prevention of a train wreck makes the camel a hero at the circus, where she had been called dumb, stupid, and bad-tempered.
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Poor Pamela is insulted and abused by everyone at the circus, because they thinks she's dumb, so she runs away, following a train track. That's how she sees a broken train rail, stands on the track to stop an oncoming train, and saves the day. ``Peet's funny, moving story demonstrates his genius for creating a picture book with more pith than the average,'' PW said. (48) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Exuberantly, Peet to a T: scraggly, clumsy circus camel Pamela, fed up with being insulted (bad-tempered she may be, not stupid and dumb), steals away and heads off down the railroad tracks--where she finds a broken rail; that stormy night, quitting her barn-refuge, she plants herself staunchly on the track. Will the engineer stop his train for a camel? Only, of course, at the last possible instant--and in outrage. But when all is clear, ""stupid, dumb brute"" Pamela is a hero--reclaimed to lead the circus procession at the start of every show. There have been more hilarious and more poignant Peets--but this one will satisfy all fans and add some comical views of gawky, haughty Pamela to the Peet animal galaxy. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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