Kate DiCamillow just won the Newberry Medal for Flora & Ulysses (DiCamillo won the Newberry 10 years ago for The Tale of Despereaux which is also a great book.) Flora is a 10-year-old who loves comic books. When she sees a neighbor vacuum up a squirrel, Flora rushes to help out. The squirrel recovers from his near-death experience with the vacuum cleaner with superpowers. DiCamillo has plenty of fun with this plot. Illustrator K. G. Campell has plenty of fun illustrating this unusual book. With a book like Flora & Ulysses it’s easy to see that children’s literature is in good hands. GRADE: A
It sounds (and looks) wonderful, I’m off to the library ‘site to get it.
Rick, you will love FLORA & ULYSSES! I hope Kate DiCamillo writes a sequel. You will enjoy the artwork, too!
About a hundred people got there ahead of me, but it will show up eventually.
Rick, FLORA & ULYSSES is worth the wait!
She is one of my favorite authors and this book is on my list to pick up. So happy for her.
Carl, you will love FLORA & ULYSSES! Kate DiCamillo is a terrific writer.