We had gorgeous weather here the last couple days – 80 and sunny today. That’s my temperature, and my weather. I would be happy with 75-80 all year. My nephew and my sister’s dog are complaining it’s too hot. Ha! I love every bit of it. I hope you’ve had weather you enjoy.

Kate DiCamillo’s latest children’s book, Orris and Timble: The Beginning, was released on Tuesday. I’m not going to review it today because it’s Thursday, but I am going to review it here. It’s a lovely story designed for 4-8, but it has a message. It also doesn’t hit you in the face with the message about a new relationship between a rat, Orris, and an owl, Timble. It’s the first in a trilogy, but it also stands alone. Carmen Mok’s illustrations are gorgeous.

I reviewed DiCamillo’s Ferris here recently. Her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, came out in 2000, when I was still in Florida. It’s been challenged, but what children’s book hasn’t been lately? DiCamillo won the Newbery Award for The Tale of Despereaux, the story of a brave mouse.

I love Kate DiCamillo’s books, and I’ll wait patiently for the next one when the sequel to Orris and Timble: The Beginning comes out.

What about you? Weather? Books? What are you reading this week?