{"id":45301,"date":"2025-08-07T22:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=45301"},"modified":"2025-08-07T22:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T02:52:06","slug":"review-of-orris-and-timble-lost-and-found-by-kate-dicamillo-illustrated-by-carmen-mok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=45301","title":{"rendered":"Review of Orris and Timble: Lost and Found, by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Carmen Mok"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Orris and Timble<\/p>\n

Lost and Found<\/em><\/p>\n

by Kate DiCamillo
\nillustrated by Carmen Mok<\/p>\n

Candlewick Press, 2025. 76 pages.
\nReview written June 5, 2025, from a library book.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Here’s a second beginning chapter book about an old rat named Orris and a young owl named Timble, who are, surprisingly, friends. Like the first, it’s a sweet and gentle story.<\/p>\n

Orris has gotten accustomed to visits from Timble every evening when they talk with each other and enjoy each other’s company. Orris tells a story every night, and Timble loves a line from a story:<\/p>\n

“By the light of the stars, by the light of the moon, I will always return.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But then, one night as the evening gets dark, Timble doesn’t come. And not the next night either.<\/p>\n

Now, the subtitle of the book hints at what happened. But this precipitates a crisis for both friends, and ultimately they come to realize how much their friendship means to each of them.<\/p>\n

And it’s all done with Carmen Mok’s gentle illustrations and leaves you feeling warm and cozy. Or perhaps adventurous and ready to fly away – but always to come back.<\/p>\n

katedicamillo.com<\/a>
\ncandlewick.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Disclaimer: I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n

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Orris and Timble Lost and Found by Kate DiCamillo illustrated by Carmen Mok Candlewick Press, 2025. 76 pages. Review written June 5, 2025, from a library book. Starred Review Here’s a second beginning chapter book about an old rat named Orris and a young owl named Timble, who are, surprisingly, friends. Like the first, it’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,40,10,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-characters","category-beginning-chapter-books","category-childrens-fiction-review","category-starred-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45597,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45301\/revisions\/45597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}