Orris and Timble: The Beginning: (A Heartwarming Early Chapter Book about Friendship, Courage, and Helping Others - For Kids Ages 5-8 in Grades K-3) a kidnapped African princess and

a kidnapped African princess and goddaughter to Queen Victoria

and Native American influences that informed not only his heritage

One of Bill Gates' "Five Best Summer Reads"

When the three girls find a dead body in the woods

as they each navigate grief

Orris and Timble: The Beginning: (A Heartwarming Early Chapter Book about Friendship, Courage, and Helping Others - For Kids Ages 5-8 in Grades K-3) a kidnapped African princess andFrom 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