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Flora
and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Much to her mother's dismay, Flora Belle Buckman was an avid fan of comic books, especially The illuminated Adventures of the Amazing Incandesto! Little did Flora's mother know how much her cynical daughter depended on the inspiration of The Amazing Incandesto who defined the word "superhero"! It framed her sphere of knowledge that would serve her well for the astonishing events to come. Fortunately, Flora's bedroom window overlooked the Tickham back yard. Otherwise she may not ever have seen the accident that transformed a normal, hungry squirrel into a dead squirrel. And she may not have been able to run downstairs in time to shake his little squirrelly body out of the rampaging Ulysses Super-Suction, Multi-terrain 2000X vacuum cleaner in time to give him successful mouth-to-mouth resusitation so that he could wake up, transformed into a superhero squirrel! What did the squirrel remember about his near-death experience? Turn the page and you'll hear the incident from his point of view ... blackness ... a beautiful bright light ... a voice that spoke to him, sang to him ... floating on a cloud of light ... the feeling of perfect joy ... he had never been so happy. Then, the light faded into darkness again. He heard a loud noise and another voice counting and shouting "Breathe!" just before he took a deep, convulsing breath and returned, more than a squirrel. He was alive with life, purpose, light, happiness, understanding, and strength, but because he was, after all, still a squirrel, he was still hungry! Flora named him Ulysses after the vacuum cleaner who started his journey. The events in Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures will amaze you! In this, your first story about a superhero squirrel, you will go hand-in-hand with Flora and Ulysses to witness acts of heroism as Ulysses's superpowers unfold. He will conquer villains, lift the downtrodden, bring hope to the hopeless, and fly, or ... at least lift heavy vacuum cleaners with one paw, type poems, and make Flora's father laugh. Fate brings Flora and Ulysses to meet the kindly Dr. Meeschum who relates her childhood experiences in Blundermeecen and thereby teaches Flora some deep understandings. The story reaches deep into human experience when Ulysses, the superhero squirrel helps turn an unwanted cynic into a believer and delivers a "temporarily blind" boy who has been banished from his family into the arms of a loving home. ---------------------------------------------- Flora
and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures received the 2014
Newbery Medal, no small feat for such a small-pawed super-squirrel
story, but an exclamation point on Kate DiCamillo's writing prowess! It
is her third Newbery award! You will want a class set of this novel! Not only is it hysterical, surprising, and heartwarming, but it provides a naturally wonderful vehicle for mastering skills together, interactively that feed the love of reading! To purchase your class set at a 20% discount, contact Kids Wings! --------------------------------------------------------- Research
Links for Greenwillow Press Book Trailer for Flora and Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo
Webpage Poetry
Critique Can
you do the Heimlich Maneuver on a Squirrel? Who
Was Ulysses? Could
the squirrel have had rabies? Related
Literature and Media Other Award-Winning Novels with Animals as Main Characters
The 74-page Kids Wings literature guide PLUS interactive Jeopardy-type game, perfect for lesson plans, handouts, or projection on your SmartBoard for Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures will be available soon! This
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