You may have had more time to look out the window and watch the antics of neighborhood squirrels this spring. Here’s a collection of ebook fiction featuring these bushy-tailed critters:
Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Melanie Watt
A squirrel who doesn’t love the great outdoors? Scaredy Squirrel isn’t a fan of sleeping under the stars, but with careful preparation—and despite some unexpected encounters—he survives the wilderness in this funny picture book.
Squirrel in the Museum by Vivian Vande Velde
Twitch the squirrel can’t wait to visit the science museum, but the school field trip stowaway isn’t welcomed with opened arms. This short chapter book takes the squirrel on an unusual museum tour, with security guards in hot pursuit.
Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo
When Flora rescues a squirrel from a neighbor’s fancy new vacuum cleaner, she doesn’t expect Ulysses to develop superpowers, and an unusually poetic streak for a squirrel.
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins
Jed the squirrel survives being carried off by a hawk, and vows to find his way home, while his two best friends resolve to find him. What follows are woodland adventures, both harrowing and hilarious.
Toaff’s Way by Cynthia Voigt
Toaff is a young squirrel on a Maine farm. When a winter storm knocks down the tree he lives in, the curious squirrel embarks on a voyage of discovery around the farm. He encounters situations that are dangerous, funny, and comforting while making some unusual new friends.
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Youth Services Librarian Mitch