Memoirs of a Tortoise

Wast not anticipating this book making me cry. Lovely.

Oliver the tortoise has had his pet, Ike the human, for many years. Both Oliver and Ike are the same age—80—and they both enjoy doing many of the same things, especially sitting in the garden together. But one day Ike does not come to sit with Oliver; Ike never comes back. Oliver looks to his mother for advice.

A genuinely sweet story about loss and friendship, perhaps more for adults than children.