A desert nomad woman has no milk, so brings her pet gazelle for her son to nurse. One day the boy and the gazelle wander off, and the pet gazelle finds a herd of her own kind. She protects the boy and he learns to run and feed himself. Hunters discover and capture him. He is terrified and does not eat. Finally, he escapes to rejoin his herd.

Related: Africa, Fiction, Middle East, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780803725225
• Author: Mayer, Marianna
• Illustrator: Gore, Leonid
• Published: 2005, Dial
• Themes: capture, discovery, Escape, Learning, nurse, protection
• Descriptors: Africa, Fiction, Middle East, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32