The Gingerbread Camel
WRITTEN BY AMY COLPITTS · ILLUSTRATED BY KAICEE SIMPSON
Fresh out of the oven and on the run! A playful UAE twist on a beloved tale — race across golden dunes with the Gingerbread Camel as he outwits a fat-tailed scorpion, a horned viper, an Arabian falcon and a saluki. But is the softly-spoken Arabian oryx really as kind as he seems?
INSIDE THE STORY
Meet the chase across the dunes
Every character the Gingerbread Camel meets is drawn from real desert wildlife — a gentle way for children to learn about the UAE's landscape while they race through the story.
Fat-tailed scorpion
Horned viper
Arabian falcon
Saluki
A HIDDEN ORYX ON (ALMOST) EVERY PAGE
The Arabian oryx turns up throughout the book, waiting to be spotted — a little seek-and-find
that rewards a second and third read-through.
3–9 years — read-aloud for younger children, first solo reads for older ones.
AGE RANGE
GOOD TO KNOW
ISBN 9781915641656 · Curriculum-friendly for UAE geography and wildlife topics.
WHERE TO FIND IT
Waterstones · Amazon UK · Amazon UAE · Australia (link to follow).