- First published
- 1984
- Editions
- 1 edition
- Status
- Out of print
Pamela Camel
A clumsy, unappreciated circus camel runs away from the big top, only to become an unlikely hero when she spots a broken railroad track and prevents a terrible train wreck.
"Pamela Camel belonged to the Brinkerhoff Brothers Big Top Circus a long time ago. She was a scrawny scraggly camel who was much too clumsy and awkward to be a performer in the big top. And it saddened her to think that she could never be part of the big show."
On the original family site it is noted that the story of Pamela was originally set in the Sahara desert, where she was a camel who lost too many races and stopped at every oasis to drink. His son added that originally it was Homer the pigeon who found the break in the train tracks: "How the little pigeon was to prevent a train wreck, my father did not say. He may not have worked out that part of the story." (Bill Peet, Jr.)
From the book
Preliminary sketches
