Scaredy+Squirrel

(Back to 2008 NCCBA list ) =//Scaredy Squirrel// by Melanie Watt=

Summary
Scaredy Squirrel is so afraid of the unknown that he refuses to leave his tree...until he falls out by accident!

Reviews

 * **Ms. Smith's class:** We liked: the "killer bee," his ability to play dead, being brave, the way the pictures showed dramatization, and the way the squirrel finally changed his routine. We enjoyed the schedules and learning about each day's activities. We liked the repetition and the warning size before reading. We liked the way he was able to forget his fears. We did not like it when he lost the "E" kit in the poison ivy or when he just stayed in the nut tree.
 * **Mrs. Cottrell's and Mrs. Austin's classes:** This book was funny. The pictures were colorful. We liked the entire book. Some students liked the squirrel's schedule. We also liked the surpise about him being a flying squirrel. And we liked knowing what scared him. Some of us that there were too many lists in this book and some thought it was too short. We didn't like that he panicked at first.
 * **Jessi's review:** Scaredy Squirrel is a squirrel who is afraid of most everything including killer bees, sharks, germs, tarantulas, poison ivy and green martians. Scaredy Squirrel never leaves his tree, he just looks out into the open world. One day Scaredy Squirrel is watching out and he sees…. A bee!!!!!!!! He is so scared that he drops his emergency kit out of the tree. Scaredy Squirrel does what he would never imagine doing. Scaredy squirrel gets his first taste of the outside world, from then on he has different thoughts about the world beyond his tree. This is a good book because of the way the pictures help tell the story. The author made the story funny by adding the things Scaredy Squirrel is afraid of and making him face his fears.