October is Squirrel Awareness Month! Take some time to observe the squirrels in your backyard, town park, or city green space. Watch their antics, get to know them, and enjoy these adorable, mischevious critters. There are many excellent children's books about squirrels to share this month, too!
Squirrels leap, squirrels sleep
Sayre, April Pulley, author.
jE Sayre
"Squirrels wrestle, climb, and sleep in a celebration of these fascinating animals"--
Nuts to you!
Ehlert, Lois.
jE Ehlert
A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment.
The tale of squirrel Nutkin
Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.
jE Potter
Squirrel Nutkin would rather ask an old owl riddles than gather nuts with the other squirrels.
Scaredy squirrel
Watt, Mélanie 1975-
jE Watt
Meet Scaredy Squirrel, a squirrel who never leaves his nut tree because he's afraid of the unknown "out there." But then, something unexpected happens that may just change his outlook.
The unbeatable squirrel girl : squirrel meets world
Hale, Shannon, author.
jFICTION Squirrel
After Doreen uses her extraordinary powers to stop a group of troublemakers, she becomes a full-fledged superhero called Squirrel Girl.
Toaff's way
Voigt, Cynthia, author.
jFICTION Voigt Cynthia
"Toaff is a small squirrel full of big questions. Why must I stay away from the human's house? Why shouldn't I go beyond the pine trees? Why do we fight with the red squirrels across the drive? His sister shrugs--that's just the way things are. His brother bullies--because I said so. And the older squirrels scold--too many questions! Can Toaff really be the only one to wonder why?"--Amazon.com.
Ol' Mama Squirrel
Stein, David Ezra.
jE Stein
Ol' Mama Squirrel has raised many babies and kept them all safe from predators, but she may have met her match when a determined grizzly bear threatens to eat her entire family tree.
Those darn squirrels!
Rubin, Adam, 1983-
jE Rubin
When grumpy Old Man Fookwire builds feeders to try to keep birds-- the only creatures he likes-- from leaving for the winter, he finds himself in a battle with clever, crafty squirrels who want a share of the abundant food.
The busy little squirrel
Tafuri, Nancy.
jE Tafuri
Squirrel is too busy getting ready for winter to nibble a pumpkin with Mouse, run in the field with Dog, or otherwise play with any of the other animals.
The shelterlings
Durst, Sarah Beth, author.
jFICTION Durst, Sarah
Holly, a grey squirrel, and her animal friends have accepted that they will never be wizards' familiars. Though they are each magical, their powers are so offbeat--that no professional magic-worker would choose any of them. So instead of going on adventures, they languish at the Shelter for Rejected Familiars, where they are known as 'shelterlings.' When an old friend appears with a plan for curing the shelterlings' defective magic, everyone is on board. But when they learn that his offer is not what it seems, Holly and the shelterlings must fight to defend their magic"--Provided by publisher.
Flora & Ulysses : the illuminated adventures
DiCamillo, Kate, author.
jFICTION Dicamill Kate
Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
Cress Watercress
Maguire, Gregory, author.
jFICTION Maguire Gregory
"When Papa doesn't return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It's a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what's left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone's business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbors, and no Papa, ever be home?"--
Over and under the snow
Messner, Kate.
jE Messner
Over the snow, the world is hushed and white, but under the snow is a secret world of squirrels and snowshoe hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many others who live outside in the woods during the winter.
North woods girl
Bissonette, Aimée M.
jE Bissonet
"An admiring granddaughter hikes in all seasons with Grandma, the quintessential north woods girl. Together they see squirrels gathering nuts, hear wood frogs peep, inhale piney scents, and choose the finest skipping stone"--
No such thing as a witch
Chew, Ruth, author, illustrator.
jFICTION Chew Ruth
When Nora and Tad observe a squirrel reading a little newspaper and their dog behaving strangely, they decide their new neighbor is a witch.
The barren grounds
Robertson, David, 1977- author.
jFICTION Robertson, David
"Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home -- until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing them onto frozen, barren grounds, where they meet Ochek (Fisher). The only hunter supporting his starving community, Misewa, Ochek welcomes the human children, teaching them traditional ways to survive. But as the need for food becomes desperate, they embark on a dangerous mission. Accompanied by Arik, a sassy Squirrel they catch stealing from the trapline, they try to save Misewa before the icy grip of winter freezes everything--including them".--Page [2] of cover.
Squirrels
O'Brien, Lindsy, author.
j599.36 O'Brien
"A high-interest introduction to the life cycle of squirrels, including how kits develop, their plant-based diet, threats from predators, and the sturdy, nested habitats of these backyard animals"--
Squirrels
Swanson, Diane, 1944-
j599.36 Swanson
Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of the animal that never seems to stay still.