![]() ![]() ![]() Readers, especially animal lovers and the environmentally minded, will relish the squirrels’ adventures, as well as Perkins’s laugh-aloud illustrations (not all seen by PW) and equally witty footnotes. Perkins’s twisting-turning narrative provides plenty of fun along with their impulsiveness, her characters have warm hearts and generous spirits. Somehow, TsTs, Chai, and Jed (who eventually meets up with his pals after having a few adventures of his own) must persuade their friends and neighbors to relocate somewhere safer, not an easy task given the nature of squirrels (“Getting squirrels to listen to reason is like getting a tree to drop its nuts at your front door,” admits one). Jed’s friends Chai and TsTs (it’s “the ‘Emma’ of squirrel names,” Perkins explains) rush to find where he’s (safely) landed, but they’re soon distracted by impending danger: humans trimming trees around “buzzpaths” (power lines) pose a threat to their habitat. ![]() So when Jed is snatched up by a hawk and carried away to another realm, TsTs and Chai resolve to go. Jed, TsTs, and Chai are the very best of friends. Nuts to You features black-and-white art by the author on every page. A crisis occurs when gray squirrel Jed is swept up by a hawk. Another completely original and exceptional package from Perkins,' said the Horn Book. Newberry Medalist Perkins ( Criss Cross) writes a clever, off-kilter story of community support in this tall tale featuring three courageous squirrels. ![]()
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