Short, funny, and illustrated - two chapter book reviews
I recently finished two short, easy-reading chapter books by two very popular authors - Kate DiCamillo and Jeff Kinney. DiCamillo, Kate . 2013. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures . Somerville, MA: Candlewick. (Illustrated by K.G. Campbell) Kate DiCamillo is nothing if not unique. Whether gifting us with the mystical, magical, Magician's Elephant , the breath of fresh air that was Mercy Watson , or the delightfully improbable hero, Despereaux , DiCamillo never shies away from a new horizon. In fact, I feel as if she has as much fun writing her books as we have reading them. How else, but in a spirit of fun and adventure, could she gather Flora - a "natural-born cynic," and avid reader of The Illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto Ulysses - a dreamy, poetic squirrel with a superpower (typing), garnered from the interior of a super-suction, multi-terrain vacuum William Spiver - a temporarily blind boy who prefers to be known by his complete name, so ...