Scaredy Squirrel - Softcover

Readers of any age will chuckle with recognition at the squirrel's attempts to control his life.--Quill & Quire The bold, inviting compositions ... and paint-box colors ... add energy.--Horn Book Watts conveys a difficult theme ... with an energetic playfulness ... (Scaredy Squirrel is) a masterful balance of charm, comedy and serious realism.--Toronto Star With his iconic nervous grin and over-the-top punctiliousness, Scaredy Squirrel is an endearing character.--School Library Journal Youngsters will go nuts over this one.--Publishers Weekly Bound to win over its readers, parent and child, at the outset with its wry wit.--The National Post

The first book in the Scaredy Squirrel series is a comical story of an endearing squirrel who learns what can happen when he's brave enough to take a risk. Scaredy Squirrel never leaves his nut tree. It's way too dangerous out there. Scaredy Squirrel remains prepared with an emergency kit which includes antibacterial soap, Band-Aids and a parachute. But day, his worst nightmare comes true! Scaredy suddenly finds himself out of his tree! But as Scaredy Squirrel leaps into the unknown, he discovers something really uplifting...