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A heartwarming tale with an important ecological message about respecting an animal's natural habitat.Grandad and Jess are walking together in the woods when they see a squirrel pass by. Jess wants to take it home with her as a pet, but Grandad says that you can't tame a squirrel. As Jess follows the creature deeper into the woods, she discovers more natural wonders and comes to understand that her grandad is right - the squirrel's proper home is the wild woods.
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Simon James is an award-winning author and illustrator of picture books for children. Among his acclaimed titles are Dear Greenpeace (9781844289875), Little One Step (9781844284672) and Leon and Bob (9780744598032), which won the Smarties Book Prize Silver Medal and was nominated as the New York Times' Best Illustrated Book of the Year in 1997. Simon lives in Devon.
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Ages 3-6. Walking with her Grandad, Jess spies a squirrel and decides to keep him. Grandad has trouble just keeping up with them as Jess and the squirrel go deeper into the woods, using stepping stones and fallen trees to cross streams and mucking through muddy places in their path. Every time Grandad raises an objection to her animal adoption plan--"Where will he sleep?"--Jess has an answer, but when it comes down to the central issue, she cheerfully concedes that a squirrel really belongs in the wild. An innocent love of natural creatures, so apparent in James' endearing Mr. Blueberry (1991), is also what gives this picture book its universal appeal. The beautifully composed pen-and-ink illustrations with watercolor washes have a feeling of spontaneity and touches of humor. A terrific book to read aloud before the kindergarten class takes a nature hike or during practically any preschool story time. Writing and illustrating picture books that are simple without being simplistic, sensitive without being sentimental, James has the gift of pleasing adult readers and children listeners alike. Carolyn Phelan
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- PublisherCandlewick Press
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 0744522838
- ISBN 13 9780744522839
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
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