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So Tortoise Dug

by Emmy Kastner Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER BOOKS YOU

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A growing burrow, a missing best friend

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A growing burrow, a missing best friend

After a flood leaves Tortoise and Mouse without a home, Tortoise sets out to dig a new burrow. The project expands as a succession of animals ask to move in, while Mouse is nowhere to be found. Framed as a pourquoi story, the book brings together a burrowing tortoise, a crowded new home, and the complications that can arise from misunderstandings between friends. Its central contrast is between Tortoise’s expanding list of burrowmates and her search for the friend she expected to share the space with.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 4–8 interested in animal-centered fiction.
  • Young readers who enjoy stories about friendship and mishaps.
  • Families seeking a picture book with a pourquoi-story premise.

Themes

FriendshipMisunderstandingsMaking a homeAnimal characters

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Book overview

From the creator of While You're Asleep comes a hilarious pourquoi story about a burrowing tortoise and her mouse best friend--as well as mishaps, misunderstandings, and the friendships you make along the way.

Tortoise and Mouse are more than just friends and burrowmates. They are best friends and best burrowmates. When their home gets flooded, however, it's up to Tortoise to dig them a new place to live. And so she digs a room of her own and a room for Mouse. But where is Mouse?

Noticing the fresh burrow, Bunny asks Tortoise if she could dig a room for her as well. Then the Spotted Skunk. The Mole Skinks. And the Wolf Spider, the Frog, and those moths...So Tortoise digs. Seemingly everyone else wants to be her burrowmate except for Mouse--where did she go?
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