Hannibal
HANNIBAL: The camel who longed to be special. Pauline Marshall is a retired teacher and counsellor from Christchurch. Having always had a desire to write for children she was inspired by a documentary showing the dromedary’s comical style of eating to write about the adventures of the bumbling Hannibal. The story is set in Northern…
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Pauline Marshall
About This Book
HANNIBAL: The camel who longed to be special. Pauline Marshall is a retired teacher and counsellor from Christchurch. Having always had a desire to write for children she was inspired by a documentary showing the dromedary’s comical style of eating to write about the adventures of the bumbling Hannibal. The story is set in Northern Africa and follows the antics of Hannibal trying to impress beautiful Cleo, a female dromedary. He is unsure of how to go about this and tries to copy the ways of his two friends, a dung beetle and an ostrich – and also humans – but just looks silly in the process. Eventually he discovers something that changes everything. At the back of the book is a glossary of interesting facts about the creatures in the book pertinent to the story. Pauline is working on publishing a second book about the same characters, and a non-fiction book about the dromedary may eventuate. Writer: Pauline Marshall
About The Writer
Pauline Marshall
PAULINE MARSHALL has been married for 51 years to Howard, and has four adult children and 10 grandchildren. She was a primary school teacher, and also taught piano and ran Good News Clubs for a time. She and her husband pastored a local church for 17 years, and towards the end of this season she trained as a counsellor, working in this field for nearly 20 years. The desire to write for children had been there for some time, but a TV documentary showing the dromedary’s comical style of eating inspired her to write and self-publish ‘Hannibal – The camel who longed to be special’ in 2017. She is working on sequels to this book and also a non-fiction book about the dromedary. Her other interests are Christian living, table tennis, cryptic crosswords, a cappella singing, cycling or walking with friends, hand-bells, family and the French language.
Photo: Pauline Marshall
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