• Family Story time
• Holidays:  Christmas, Easter, Epiphany
• Sunday school
• Children’s sermons
• Vacation Bible school
• Puppet plays (camel puppet reads captions on art page)
• Pageants (Story is told with narration; silent drama)

• Teaching about Passover, Feast of Trumpets
• Small groups
• New baby, Baptism & Confirmation gifts
• Family Gifts
• Inspriational reading
• Family Devotions

 Note: (companion puppet available; contact author)

BOOK #1: 54 pages, full color

"A CAMEL'S STORY, A Search for the Messiah" is the age old Bible story of the magi’s search for the new king with a "new twist" -- It's told by a camel! Xavier “didn’t give a camel’s whine about any old star”.  Press Release

When his master used Xavier as a pack animal HE WAS NOT HAPPY!  After all, he was a racing camel, not a “common mule”. He whined and complained during the entire journey! When he meets the small boy, Jesus, he had to decide -- would he worship Him or not?   You will laugh and cry with Xavier as you relate to his doubts and frustrations during the search. Learn how Jesus can change a heart from selfish, stubborn and proud to warm, loving and generous.

The original book was published in March 2005 (by MK Publishing; 2.500 copies; ISBN# 09763271-0-4 and is no longer in print)  It was published again through Xulon Press in May 2011.  

View video trailer : YouTube-A Search for the Messiah.

BOOK #2: 62 pages, full color

"A CAMEL'S STORY, I Met the Lamb" is a message of mercy and hope. Press Release

In I Met the Lamb Xavier faces a tough question, one we all need to understand: why did Jesus have to die? 

It had been over 30 years since Xavier met the young king who had changed his stubborn heart. He was no longer the whiner and complainer we met in the first story. This time he could “hardly wait to hit the trail!” Xavier was sure he would find King Jesus living in a palace this time!

On their way to Jerusalem they meet a young girl, Miriam, and her pet lamb.  While watering the camels the girl begins to cry and confides in Xavier, “My Father chose him to be our Passover Lamb.”   

They continue on to Jerusalem. Here you will relate to Xavier’s confusion as he begins to unravel the mystery of the Passover.  We learn why Jesus is called “the Lamb of God”. 

View video trailer: YouTube-I Met the Lamb

BOOK #3: 58 pages, full color

"A CAMEL'S STORY, My Father's House" fills us with hope and joy as we embark with Xavier and his friends on the biggest adventure of their lives.

Experience Xavier's joy as he discovers, his King Jesus is still alive! This story helps us relate the second coming of Christ to the Jewish Feast of Trumpets. Heaven is portrayed as a place we won't want to miss! Watch and be ready. He's the " Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace" and "He's coming soon"!

Their glimpse of eternity will inspire you to tell everyone the good news: Jesus is alive- He is still the King of Kings! Jesus loves you - His Kingdom is simply “out of this world”!

Watch the video trailer: YouTube-My Father's House

HISTORY, PROGRESS and MISSION of the CAMEL STORY SERIES: 1-29-2024

My name is Sandy Hanson, author and co-illustrator of the Camel's Story Trilogy.

I first met Jesus at age 21 after struggling with my faith.  I was searching for truth -- God showed me He is for real! I became a follower of Jesus Christ and the Camel's Story Trilogy has become part of my testimony.

I had no ambitions to become an author. Laboratory medicine had been my career for over 35 years but my passion was spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Please let me tell you how my books came to be.

My pastor challenged us one day. He said, "There's alot of things out there trying to get our kids attention. What are we going to do to get their attention for Jesus Christ?" Puppets immediatley came to my mind . . . I started creating puppets and doing puppet ministry shortly after that. It was through my puppet, Xavier B. Haven, that the Camel's Story was born.

I was asked to do a puppet play for our church Christmas program in 2001. It featured a stubborn camel, Xavier, who was forced to carry the magi’s burdens during their 'search for the Messiah'.  The camel puppet was almost life size and wouldn’t fit behind my puppet stage. "Oh well, I thought.. the camel will 'tell his story' and the play will be a silent drama".   I had a 'rough outline' in my head: I knew the camel would be proud in the beginning but humbled in the end when He met Jesus…  that’s all I knew.  If the story was to be narrated by the camel, that meant I would have to actually write his story. I prayed, "Lord you're going to have to help me with this because I've never written a story before." As soon as my pen touched the paper the words came to me so fast I could barely keep up with them– the first Camel’s story was written in about 45 minutes... The Camel's story is found in the scrolls.   A short time after that play, I had a powerful dream.  The story was a large book with big colorful pictures. There were Bible verses underneath each picture explaining the story (I didn't even know what the explanation would be at that time). 

My dream has literally come true! It was shortly after the first book had been published, that I thought, "If a camel can live to be 50 years old, Xavier could have seen Jesus at the Cross!" That started me on a mission to finish the Camel's story as told in the "I Met the Lamb" and "My Father's House". I believe the Lord has given me these stories for "a time such as this".  The three books are beautiful picture stories for all ages --Together they help explain what the Bible teaches about Jesus Christ -- Who would have thought that 3 stories told by a camel could help us to reinforce the foundations of our Christian faith? But that is our purpose.

• I want to thank all who the Lord has used to make this dream come true!  First, I want to thank my family for their love, patience and promotion of the book.  I want to thank my husband Brad who has been very patient and generous with his time and “technical consultations”.  I am so thankful for his computer savvy.  It also took a lot of our savings… I know this project could not have gone forth without his help and approval.

  I can't thank Kristi Delage enough! My Catholic friend is a a commercial artist who has spent countless hours refining my rough illustrations and transforming them into beautiful works of art with her water color pencils.  I still marvel at how she captured the drama of each scene by her choice of color and special techniques – each book is an adventure in itself! She has been faithful to the completion of this project for almost 10 years.

  Another friend, Patty Haukos, a phenomenal graphic designer, has helped me prepare all three books for publication. Through her efforts we were able to submit them "ready to publish". With her expertise we were able to enhance color and improve some of our illustrations as she worked her “digital magic".  In addition, Patty was instrumental in getting the story translated into Ukrainian. She had connections with translators and printers in Ukraine through her church. Her church funded the project and placed 800 copies of the Russian translation of the 1st book in 400 church libraries in Ukraine through Read Ministries. 

  God bless Read Ministries, a phenominal ministry who endorsed the Trilogy and presented them to Smirna Publishing. The have supported the translation, publication and distribution of all three books. Through generous donations the Trilogy has been translated into several languages and was requested by the Ukrainian Depart of Education to be placed in public schools before the war started!

A Camel's Story Community Pageant: The Camel Story Community Pageant was completed on 12-31-2022. It was reviewd by the director of the theatre who is well respected for her work in the region. She gave a wonderful review and a few technical suggestions if it were to be marketed. 50 copies were printed by Heritage printing in January 2023 and distributed for review-- we had wonderful encouragement locally and beyond for the community pageant. The Camel voice over has been completed and several costumes have already been designed and created in preparation for the event.

The Camel's Story Movie: A description of the first book was sent to Oprah in 2006. We believe it inspired the movie. I answered a question on her website: Do you have an idea you would like pushed to producers? I asked them to consider doing a movie on the 'life changing power of Jesus Christ'. "The Star" was produced by Devon Franklin and released in 2017... Oprah Winfrey was a voice of one of the camels. Brett Wong has insisted the Camel Story Trilogy be a movie since he received the first book as a young boy over 20 years ago-- Brett continues to be a major promoter and insists the Trilogy will be a live action animated movie.

Camel Camps were amazing! 's Our first ever 'Camel Camp" for ages 8-12 was a huge success in July 2019 followed by a second one in 2021 and a family camp in 2023. We are so thankful to all involved who helped make them possible.

Our Mission: Our mission is to 'Spread the message of Jesus Christ to the next generation'. . .  .The message of these three books couldn't be more timely. Thank you for helping us spread the Good news of Jesus Christ to our world and beyond.  

Thank you to this supportive community:  A big thank you to all who have given your support  and promoted the Camel Story project over the years.   It has taken a "grass roots" effort to get the word out there. We appreciate everyone who has supported the project by purchasing the books, writing a book review, requesting books be made available at gift shops or stores, recommending the books to a friend, etc. Without this community's support, there would be no Camel Story Trilogy.

The Books: The books are available currently through Xulon press and on line in the United States; they have not been marketed here... Please write a review.

We are so excited for the future plans God has for the Camel's Story Trilogy (It's the story that never ends)! We believe the camel's story community pageant is the next right step.  Will it be the foundation for a movie?   Only God knows:)  

Sandy Hanson      3-30-2024