We had a fun time this afternoon with our Mother/Daughter book club discussing Flora and Ulysses
"It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences.
The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry—and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart.
From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format—a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by artist K. G. Camp"
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While we did not have a squirrel who has superhero powers and who can type poetry who was able to come to our book club, we do think we have the best bunny in the entire world and she posed in our picture for the book club this afternoon...
moms and daughters... :)
making Beignets (in honor of the Giant Donut scene in the book)
YUM!
an acorn/ squirrel craft we made
I loved this book as it is whimsical and quirky with a plot line that is all over the place
but it also has deep themes of love, redemption, forgiveness and hope woven throughout.
some favorite quotes from the book...
I love the beauty of this quote from the book that is repeated throughout:
“I promise to always turn back toward you,”
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
― Kate DiCamillo, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
a few other quotes from the book to share:
“Nothing
would be
easier without
you,
because you
are
everything,
all of it-
sprinkles, quarks, giant
donuts, eggs sunny-side up-
you
are the ever-expanding
universe
to me.”
“So many miracles have not yet happened.”
“All things are possible. When I was a girl in Blundermeecen, the miraculous happened every day. Or every other day. Or every third day. Actually, sometimes it did not happen at all, even on the third day. But still, we expected it. You see what I'm saying? Even when it didn't happen, we were expecting it. We knew the miraculous would come.”
“When the other Dr. Meescham was alive and I could not sleep, do you know what he would do for me? This man would put on his slippers and he would go out into the kitchen and he would fix for me sardines and crackers. You know sardines? Little fishes in a can. He would put these little fishes onto crackers for me, and then I would hear him coming back down the hallway, carrying the sardines and humming, returning to me. Such tenderness. To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of the night. To hum to you. This is love.”
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