Continuing my goal to read the "prize-winners" each year, I picked up this 2014 Newbery Medal Winner. Who can't love a book about a superhero squirrel? The incorporation of comic-book style elements mixed in with chapter book made it fun, and the vocabulary was rich for the intended age group with sayings like "holy unintended occurrences!" Great book to have on my shelf; hope my kids will read it someday. One perk (out of many!) of volunteering at the St. Lambert School Library is being able to check out any and as many books as I wish - of course I know about Kate DiCamillo and I've liked what I've read before, but I'm not sure I would have read this one had it not been a featured book. Wow, what a book! Simple concept, big, interesting words, a girl who takes her cues from comic books, a squirrel incident with a vacuum and insights into what life is really all about - or should be about. Very highly recommended!*The world in all its smelly glory, in all its treachery and joy and nuttiness, washed over Ulysses, ran through him, filled him. He could smell everything. He could even smell the blue of the sky.**The Giant Do-nut smelled like fried eggs and donuts and other people's closets. The dining room was full of laughter and donut dunking.**He could hear someone singing. He knew he should be afraid, but he didn't feel afraid. So much had happened to him in the last twenty-four hours that somewhere along the way, he had stopped worrying. Everything had become interesting, as opposed to worrisome.*
What do You think about Flora A Odyseus (2014)?
Charming story for kids and their parents. Sneakily Deftly introduces vocabulary words.
—Tierra
A fun, imaginative story that will delight lovers of fantasy and superheroes.
—Anna
Another great book by Kate DiCamillo. Loved every page.
—tazza
