Available in a digest paperback edition! The beloved 2014 Newbery Medal winner by former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature 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 — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black and white by K. G. Campbell.

Creators

Kate DiCamillo is the beloved author of many books for young readers, including the Mercy Watson and Deckawoo Drive series. Her books Flora & Ulysses and The Tale of Despereaux both received Newbery Medals. A former National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, she lives in Minneapolis.

K. G. Campbell is the illustrator of Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo and the author-illustrator of Lester’s Dreadful Sweaters. He was born in Kenya, raised in Scotland, and now lives in southern California.

Awards

Alabama Camellia Children’s Choice Book Award (2014) - Winner
Indie Book Awards (2014) - Winner
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (2015) - Winner
Newbery Medal (2014) - Winner
Parents’ Choice Award (2013) - Winner
The Christopher Award, Books for Young People (2014) - Winner
University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection Kerlan Award (2013) - Winner
Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize (2014) - Short-listed
Harringay Children’s Book Award (2014) - Short-listed
Lincolnshire Book Award (2014) - Short-listed
E. B. White Read-Aloud Award, Middle Reader (2014) - 07
National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (2013) - 07
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