Mysterious Traveller

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Longlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2014  A moving and brilliantly researched story about camels, lost princesses and the strength of wisdom and knowledge from the creators of the award-winning Cloud Tea Monkeys, Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham and, stunningly illustrated by P.J. Lynch. It is a mesmerizing and touching tale, illustrating the bond between a child and the man who brought her up like a daughter. Both deliciously exotic and yet portraying warmly familiar and universal truths.

Authors' Note:

This story is set in an imaginary place, but it came about because Elspeth became fascinated by that fabulous and faraway place called Timbuktu.  It's an African country now called Mali, and it's where, long ago, traders bringing salt from the north met traders bringing gold from the south.  We began to read and think about those traders, those travellers with their camel caravans, making those long, difficult journeys through mountains and deserts.  Their lives, and their livelihoods, depended upon the guides who led them through these dangerous places.  When we discovered that one of the most famous of these guides was blind it set our imaginations racing.

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About Mysterious Traveller

A moving and beautifully researched story about camels, lost princesses and the strength of wisdom and knowledge, stunningly illustrated by P.J. Lynch.

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