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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller

Two unlikely friends and the bond they've built! Through shared silliness, Tortoise and Mouse remind readers what friendship really means.

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?

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