02640cam a2200553 i 4500 2501678346 TxAuBib 20250821120000.0 240423s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024009785 9781665931359 hardcover 1665931353 hardcover (OCoLC)1431053776 TxAuBib rda Kastner, Emmy, illustrator. So Tortoise dug / Emmy Kastner. First edition. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2025] ©2025. 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier After creating a new burrow for herself and her best friend Mouse, Tortoise eagerly waits for Mouse's return, but as more animals request their own rooms, Tortoise grows increasingly tired and frustrated with Mouse's absence. 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? 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 Mouse--where did she go? Ages 4 - 8. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Grades K-1. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 20250821. Dwellings Juvenile fiction. Friendship Juvenile fiction. Mice Juvenile fiction. Turtles Juvenile fiction. Picture books for children. fast Dwellings. fast Friendship. fast Mice fast Juvenile fiction. Mice. fast Turtles. fast Picture books for children. fast Animal fiction. fast Picture books. fast Fiction. fast Juvenile works. fast Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers (Firm). Simon and Schuster, Inc, Children's Publishing Division, Children's Publishing Division, publisher.