In this addition to the 'Memoirs' 80 year-old Oliver the tortoise loves his human, Ike, and learns that it is hard to lose a friend. When Oliver loses his best friend, he takes the long walk to visit his 137 year-old mom to ask one of life's most important questions and then returns home to find that he has a new friend, Ike's son. This book has won the Texas Blue Bonnet Award!
Devin Scillian is an award-winning author and Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist. He has written more than 10 books with Sleeping Bear Press, including the bestselling A is for America: An American Alphabet and Brewster the Rooster.
Devin lives in Michigan and anchors the news for WDIV-TV in Detroit. Early in his career Tim Bowers worked for Hallmark Cards, helping to launch the Shoebox Greetings card line. He has illustrated more than 25 children's books, garnering such awards as the Chicago Public Library's "Best of the Best" list. He also illustrated the widely popular First Dog. Tim lives in Granville, Ohio.
