Flora and Ulysses Themes

Poetry-writing, cat-fighting, vacuum cleaner-lifting squirrels are not for real. Or at least we don't think they're real. DiCamillo invented a new type of superhero in Flora and Ulysses that has no...

We're not talking about the sitting in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g type of love when it comes to Flora and Ulysses. Nope, we're talking the friends and family variety. With Ulysses and Flora, we see a tr...

For someone who loves comic books (with few words), Flora sure does love words and language. So much so that she even stresses out about misplaced punctuation, or gets totally excited about new wor...

Let's face it: Flora's only companions at the beginning of the book can be found in her comics. She doesn't have many friends or hobbies at all, and even her mom thinks she's a weirdo. Enter Ulysse...

Imagine standing up to an angry, bloodthirsty cat. As if that's not scary enough, think about it from the perspective of a little squirrel. Sure you might be able to defend yourself against your ne...

In Flora and Ulysses,we've got a wiz kid, a squirrel who can write, and a girl obsessed with learning more about what to do in a disaster. Yep, that's a recipe for cunning and cleverness to show up...

In typical superhero fashion, there's a struggle between good and evil in Flora and Ulysses. Just like Flora says, all superheroes have an arch-nemesis, which means a villain is lurking around ever...

In Flora and Ulysses, Flora is a firm believer in the truth. So when the kidnapping goes down, she doesn't want to just piece together what probably happened; she wants to hear it straight from the...