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Article: Melanie Watt: Scaredy Squirrel.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
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- The Horn Book Magazine
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- May 1, 2006
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Melanie Watt Scaredy Squirrel; illus. by the author 40 pp. Kids Can 3/06 ISBN 1-55337-959-4 $14.95 (Primary)
How do you avoid tarantulas, poison ivy, Martians, killer bees, germs, and sharks? If you're Scaredy Squirrel, you stay put in your oak tree and keep an emergency kit close at hand. Day in and day out, Scaredy follows the same routine--"wake up / eat a nut / look at view / eat a nut / look at view"--never, ever setting a paw on the ground. Sure, there are drawbacks--"same old view / same old nuts / same old place"--but at least "everything is predictable. All is under control." Watt's casual, child-friendly illustrations and tongue-in-cheek text have a lot ...