cover image Pamela Camel

Pamela Camel

Bill Peet. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $7.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-395-41670-9

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)