Award winning author, Kate DiCamillo is coming to Lemuria! She is an acclaimed author of many books for young readers and the recipient of a Newbery Medal; a Newbery Honor Book and was named a National Book Award finalist. She is a very big deal and we are thrilled that she is coming!

I picked up a really cute book by her this morning called, Louise, The Adventures of a Chicken. Louise is a most unusual chicken in that she longs for adventure and seems to be able to leave the hen-house whenever she wants! The book is divided into several chapters each telling of a different adventure.

In one story, she goes to sea in search of real adventure and has an exciting encounter with pirates! In another, she runs away to the Circus and becomes a tight rope walker and in the last chapter, she visits a far away land with an exotic market where she finds herself in a bit of trouble all in the name of adventure! But, in the end, Louise realizes the same truth that Dorothy learned in the Wizard of Oz, “There’s no place like home!”

A precious book with a BIG heart and a BIG lesson. Check out Diane’s blog here and Emily’s blog here! And then don’t forget to come out tomorrow, Sunday, May 15th at 1:00 and meet Kate DiCamillo!

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