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Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Orris and Timble: The Beginning | Kate DiCamillo
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From beloved storyteller Kate DiCamillo comes the first book in a warm and funny early-reader trilogy about a misanthropic rat and a naive owl--and the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures, until the day his solitude is disrupted by a sudden flutter of wings and a loud screech. A small owl has gotten caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris "make the good and noble choice" (as the king on his prized sardine can might recommend) and rescue the owl, despite the fact that owls and rats are natural enemies? And if he does, will he be ready for the consequences? With humor and tenderness, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo brings us this first of three tales celebrating unlikely friendship and the power of sharing stories and doing the right thing--a soon-to-be classic brought to expressive life by the full-color illustrations of Carmen Mok.
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Orris is a curmudgeonly rat who must decide between self-protection & mercy when an owl gets trapped near Orris‘s nest. What sways him is literature, or, reading, to be more exact. His conscience has been built up by fables like the lion & the mouse and the slogan from a treasured can of sardines. I love what that implies about the nests we make around ourself & how they can remind us of our better selves when faced with a crisis. Sweet & clever.

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