Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures

Children's Superhero Books

Author: Kate DiCamillo

Holy unanticipated occurrences! 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 K. G. Campbell.Now available in paperback! The beloved….Read More

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