So Tortoise Dug

(Hardback)

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From the creator of While Youre Asleep comes a hilarious pourquoi story about a burrowing tortoise and her mouse best friendas 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, its 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 mothsSo Tortoise digs. Seemingly everyone else wants to be her burrowmate except for Mousewhere did she go

Author Bio

Emmy Kastner is an author and illustrator of childrens books. A former high school teacher, Emmy taught English and science in San Francisco. Upon moving back to Michigan, she cofounded the youth writing centerRead and Write Kalamazoo (RAWK). RAWK is devoted to celebrating and amplifying youth voices through the cultivation of reading and writing skillsvia joy, creativity, equity, and access. Emmy lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with her husband and three kids, their dog, and two cats. She spends most days writing and making art in her studio above her familys coffee shop.