Orris and Timble: The Beginning: (A Heartwarming Early Chapter Book about Friendship, Courage, and Helping Others) by Kate Dicamillo baltimore hand-drawn illustrations of trees

hand-drawn illustrations of trees

but also makes an illuminating gift that's perfect for bird enthusiasts of all ages

classic verses by Homer and Shakespeare

can wake up and take residence in us when breathed to life on our lips

as in Zane Grey's "The First Thousand-Pounder" and Ron Rash's "Their Ancient Glittering Eyes

Orris and Timble: The Beginning: (A Heartwarming Early Chapter Book about Friendship, Courage, and Helping Others) by Kate Dicamillo baltimore hand-drawn illustrations of treesFrom 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