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Once Upon a Camel
$19.95
Kathi Appelt • Flashbacks
The Dart is the monthly digital product that features copywork and dictation passages from a specific read aloud novel (you purchase or obtain the novels separately). It's geared toward children ages 8–10 (kids learning to read and write) and is an indispensable tool for parents who want to mechanics and literature in a natural, literature-bathed context.
This handbook contains the following features:
- 4 Passages (one per week) for copywork/dictation
- Notes about grammar, punctuation, spelling, vocabulary, and literary devices
- Weekly Reading Guide
- Dart Planner and Skills Tracker
- Highlight each week: copywork and three dictation practices
- Literary Device: Flashbacks
- Writing Activity: Build a Timeline in a Flash!
- Big Juicy Questions
- Book Club Party Ideas
- 55 pages
- Publication Date: January 2025
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About the book
Perfect for fans of The One and Only Ivan, this exquisite middle-grade novel from Newbery Honoree and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt follows a creaky old camel out to save two baby kestrel chicks during a massive storm in the Texas desert—filled with over a dozen illustrations by Caldecott winner Eric Rohmann.
Zada is a camel with a treasure trove of stories to tell. She’s won camel races for the royal Pasha of Smyrna, crossed treacherous oceans to new land, led army missions with her best camel friend by her side, and outsmarted a far too pompous mountain lion.
But those stories were from before. Now, Zada wanders the desert as the last camel in Texas. She’s not, however, alone. Two tiny kestrel chicks are nestled in the fluff of fur between her ears—kee-killy-keeing for their missing parents—and a dust storm the size of a mountain is taking Zada on one more grand adventure. And it could lead to this achy old camel’s most brilliant story yet.– Amazon
Purchase the Once Upon a Camel novel here.