Tag Archives: Squirrel

Surprise!

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Bear, Raccoon and Squirrel are bored. Time to make new friends, but the other woodland creatures aren’t interested. So, the three friends search and locate a nice family of city folks that are out camping. Before they can introduce themselves, the family wanders away from the campsite. While they are gone, the three animals do their best to make the (future) party festive, by decorating (making a mess), preparing the food (eating it) and picking pine cones for hats.

They excitedly await the arrival of the their city folks friends. But, they have a surprise themselves. The city folks go running off like they’re scared! Bear, Squirrel and Raccoon are sad. But, they don’t let their sadness get in the way of their fun. They continue the party without the city folks. Fun!

Percy, Dog of Destiny

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Percy, an energetic little dog with a cute black eye-patch, is on his way to the dog park with his beloved ball. There, he meets up with his friends: Molly, Fluffy and Oatmeal Raisin Cookie and they do all kinds of doggie things. What can be more fun than running along a fence, digging holes, sniffing and peeing on trees with your best friends? There is a problem…a terrible squirrel, who steals Percy’s ball. But, what ho! Fluffy puts his bone down long enough to save the day and save Percy’s ball. The day is saved as the four friends, special toys in mouths, walk away and the end.

This story uses spare text and lots of white space around the penciled drawings to engage the youngest readers. The energy of Percy and his friends is apparent in the illustrations and readers will enjoy the silliness of these canines as they spend their day at the dog park. Recommended

Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween

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Scaredy Squirrel is ready to teach readers about the perils of Halloween and how to avoid them.

As his name implies, Scaredy Squirrel is afraid of many things.  In this book he guides readers in celebrating a non-threatening Halloween.  Tongue-in-cheek tips include: how to make your house look festive with a ghoulish (but not too ghoulish) interior, how to safely carve a jack-o-lantern (always go with a friendly look),  costume choices (with a scare factor rating for each), acquiring candy (always have an inspection before attempting to eat any…do not attempt to eat a toad that is stuck to your candy) and rational excuses for not entering a haunted mansion. Full color drawings riddle the pages making this series fun to read and entertaining.

This is the eighth book in this series and like the others, it generally will not make it back to the shelf before it is checked out again.