{"id":2964,"date":"2012-10-04T13:18:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T17:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2021-08-14T15:45:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T19:45:42","slug":"squirrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/","title":{"rendered":"Squirrels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world is full of wonderful squirrels: Pattertwig in C.S. Lewis\u2019s <em>Prince Caspian<\/em>, Silent Sam and Jess Squirrel in Brian Jacques\u2019s <em>Redwall<\/em>, Scrat, the acorn-chasing squirrel in the <em>Ice Age<\/em> movies. Check out the resources below for all things squirrel, including squirrel poems, squirrel paintings, squirrel robots, and a peculiar purple squirrel from Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a1eece8902d4\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/#SQUIRREL_STORIES_BAD_SQUIRRELS\" >SQUIRREL STORIES: BAD SQUIRRELS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/2\/#REAL_SQUIRRELS\" >REAL SQUIRRELS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/2\/#MULTICULTURAL_SQUIRRELS\" >MULTICULTURAL SQUIRRELS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/2\/#OBSERVING_SQUIRRELS\" >OBSERVING SQUIRRELS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/3\/#THE_SCIENCE_OF_SQUIRRELS\" >THE SCIENCE OF SQUIRRELS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/3\/#HISTORIC_SQUIRRELS\" >HISTORIC SQUIRRELS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/3\/#I_NEVER_SAW_A_PURPLE_SQUIRREL\" >I NEVER SAW A PURPLE SQUIRREL<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/4\/#SQUIRREL_POEMS\" >SQUIRREL POEMS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/4\/#SQUIRREL_ARTS_AND_CRAFTS\" >SQUIRREL ARTS AND CRAFTS<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/squirrels\/4\/#A_GIRL_NAMED_SQUIRREL\" >A GIRL NAMED SQUIRREL?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SQUIRREL_STORIES_GOOD_SQUIRRELS\"><\/span><strong>SQUIRREL STORIES: GOOD SQUIRRELS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15723\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/busy-little-squirrel.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Nancy Tafuri\u2019s <em>The Busy Little Squirrel<\/em> (Simon &amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2007), fall has arrived and a frenetic squirrel busily gathers nuts, berries, and apples, and prepares his nest for winter. He\u2019s too busy to nibble pumpkin with the mice, hop rocks with the frogs, or run in the fields with the dogs \u2013 and finally, when asked to watch the moon with the owls, tired (but well-stocked) squirrel is fast asleep. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-new-year-resolution-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-new-year-resolution-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-new-year-resolution-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-new-year-resolution.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Pat Miller\u2019s <em>Squirrel\u2019s New Year\u2019s Resolution<\/em> (Albert Whitman &amp; Company, 2010), it\u2019s New Year\u2019s Day according to the Nut-of-the-Month calendar and Squirrel struggles to make a resolution, having learned from Bear, the helpful librarian, that a resolution is \u201ca promise you make to yourself to be better or to help others.\u201d In search of a resolution, puzzled Squirrel visits friends Skunk, Mole, Turtle, and Porcupine, giving each a helping hand along the way; in the end she discovers that her actions show that she\u2019s already fulfilling a resolution. For ages 4-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Scaredy-Squirel-297x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Scaredy-Squirel-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Scaredy-Squirel-1014x1024.jpg 1014w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Scaredy-Squirel-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Scaredy-Squirel.jpg 1247w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The panic-stricken protagonist of Melanie Watts\u2019s <em>Scaredy Squirrel<\/em> (Kids Can Press, 2008) refuses to leave his tree. Anything could be out there in the fearsome unknown &#8211; Martians, sharks, tarantulas, germs. And he\u2019s well-prepared for threats with an emergency kit containing everything from antibacterial soap to a parachute. Then one day, terrified by passing (killer?) bees, he leaps from his tree \u2013 and discovers, to his amazement, that he\u2019s not just a squirrel: he\u2019s a <em>flying<\/em> squirrel. There are many sequels, in which Scaredy Squirrel variously fears rabbits, piranhas, jellyfish, falling coconuts, dragons, ghosts, bats, confetti, ponies, and Bigfoot. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15707\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-mitten-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-mitten-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-mitten.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Jim Aylesworth\u2019s wonderful retelling of\u00a0<em>The Mitten<\/em> (Scholastic, 2009), based on a Ukrainian folktale, a little boy goes out to play in the snow, bundled in a knitted red-wool hat, scarf, and pair of mittens \u2013 one of which he loses after a sled ride down the hill. A cold little squirrel finds the lost mitten and curls up inside to get warm; next a cold rabbit arrives, begging to come in too. Animal after animal stuffs itself into the expanding mitten until finally a little mouse is the last straw: the mitten bursts, leaving behind a scattered pile of yarn. At the end of the book, the grandmother is knitting the boy a new mitten. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/miss-suzy-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/miss-suzy-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/miss-suzy.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Miriam Young\u2019s <em>Miss Suzy<\/em> (Purple House Press, 2004), originally published in 1964, is the story of a sweet and highly domestic gray squirrel \u2013 she\u2019s a whiz with acorn pudding \u2013 who is tossed out of her cozy tree by a gang of delinquent red squirrels. She shelters in the attic of the house next door, where she finds old dollhouse and a box of toy soldiers. The toy soldiers come to life and soon adore Miss Suzy, who settles them in the dollhouse, cooks for them, and tucks them into bed every night. Eventually they help her return home and drive the red squirrels from her tree. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/aquirrels-world-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/aquirrels-world-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/aquirrels-world.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Lisa Moser\u2019s <em>Squirrel\u2019s World<\/em> (Candlewick, 2007) is a short chapter book for beginning readers, in which enthusiastic and well-meaning Squirrel wants only to help his friends, but his manic efforts always seem to backfire. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15717\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pine-cone-squirrel-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pine-cone-squirrel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pine-cone-squirrel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pine-cone-squirrel.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/suzyred.com\/2010_Squirrels_World.html\">Kids\u2019 Wings: Squirrel&#8217;s World<\/a>\u00a0has activities and information to accompany <em>Squirrel\u2019s World<\/em>, including a squirrel origami pattern, a peanut-burying project (see if you can find them a week later), a pinecone squirrel craft, and instructions for a game of \u201cNutty Squirrels,\u201d in which players guess which egg-carton-cup squirrel is hiding the nut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/earl-the-squirrel-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/earl-the-squirrel-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/earl-the-squirrel.jpg 318w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Earl of Don Freeman\u2019s <em>Earl the Squirrel<\/em> (Puffin, 2007) has been told by his mother that it\u2019s high time he learned to gather his own acorns, so off he goes to visit Jill, the little girl next door, who gives him a nut and a nutcracker. His mother is appalled \u2013 no squirrel needs a nutcracker \u2013 and makes him take it back. Jill then gives him a red scarf to keep his ears warm, which doesn\u2019t please his mother either \u2013 furry squirrels don\u2019t need scarves. Earl, now determined to prove himself and make his mother proud, sets out to find acorns \u2013 but his red scarf turns out to be a problem when he encounters Conrad the bull. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prindleinstitute.org\/books\/earl-the-squirrel\/\">Teaching Children Philosophy <\/a>for background information and philosophical discussion questions for <em>Earl the Squirrel<\/em>, variously categorized under \u201cIndependence,\u201d \u201cDependence on Technology,\u201d and \u201cRisk vs. Reward.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15705\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrels-birthday-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrels-birthday-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrels-birthday.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Toon Tellegen\u2019s <em>The Squirrel\u2019s Birthday and Other Parties<\/em> (Boxer Books, 2009), with wonderful illustrations by Jessica Ahlberg, is a magical collection of nine animal stories. In the first of these, Squirrel \u2013 who lives in a house plastered with sticky notes \u2013 finds one reminding him of his upcoming birthday. He promptly invites all his friends, and then devotes himself to baking a marvelous array of cakes: huge honey cakes for the bear and the bumblebee, a grass cake for the hippo, and a cake made of water for the dragonfly, \u201ca strange, gleaming cake and he put it to one side under the twigs of the rosebush.\u201d A lovely book for ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-wife-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-wife-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-wife.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Philippa Pearce\u2019s green-drenched <em>The Squirrel Wife<\/em> (Candlewick, 2007), the young swineherd Jack \u2013 despite the protests of his wicked older brother &#8211; ventures into the forest on a stormy night and rescues one of its resident magical green people, a man trapped under a fallen tree. As a reward, the green man gives Jack a golden ring that turns a squirrel into a lovely wood-wise woman who becomes his wife. They live happily in the forest until Jack\u2019s brother, jealous, accuses Jack of theft and has him imprisoned; and to rescue him, the squirrel wife must make a heartbreaking choice. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bird-and-squirrel-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bird-and-squirrel-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bird-and-squirrel-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bird-and-squirrel-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/bird-and-squirrel.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In James Burks\u2019s graphic novel <em>Bird &amp; Squirrel on the Run<\/em> (Scholastic\/Graphix, 2012), Bird and Squirrel are an unlikely duo: Bird is a happy-go-lucky free spirit, while Squirrel, who never takes off his acorn helmet, is nervous and obsessive (\u201cNew things give me stomachaches\u201d). Both are in danger from Cat, a toothy orange monster who would like nothing better than to eat them both. When Squirrel\u2019s winter food supply is destroyed, Bird and Squirrel head south, forging a friendship, foiling a cat, and developing a taste for adventure along the way. For ages 7-10.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/super-book-about-squirrels-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/super-book-about-squirrels-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/super-book-about-squirrels.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>By Graham Taylor and Graham Roumieu, <em>A Really Super Book About Squirrels<\/em> (Andrews McMeel, 2003) is a clever and extremely funny tale of a neighborhood squirrel (\u201cOh squirrel\/We live so close\/Yet we cannot be friends&#8221;), with irresistible ink-and-watercolor illustrations. For all ages.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"SQUIRREL_STORIES_BAD_SQUIRRELS\"><\/span><strong>SQUIRREL STORIES: BAD SQUIRRELS<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you-768x1155.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you-1021x1536.jpg 1021w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you-1362x2048.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/ehlert-nuts_to_you.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Lois Ehlert\u2019s <em>Nuts to You<\/em> (Sandpiper, 2004), illustrated with gorgeous paper collages, a feisty city squirrel digs up the flowerpots, steals seeds from the birdfeeder, and sneaks through a hole in the window screen into a little boy\u2019s apartment bedroom. For ages 3-6.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Teach Preschool&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachpreschool.org\/2012\/09\/nuts-about-acorns-in-preschool-lois-ehlert\/\">Nuts About Acorns<\/a>\u00a0pairs a reading of <em>Nuts to You<\/em> with\u00a0activities in which kids estimate numbers of acorns and make acorn shaker bottles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squarrels-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squarrels-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squarrels-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squarrels.jpg 425w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Home-Lantern-Games-HLQ58493-SQuarrels\/dp\/B002XVKFZO\/\">S\u2019Quarrels<\/a> (Home Lantern Games) is a fast-paced family-friendly card game in which players (squirrels) compete to collect the most acorns before the onset of Winter ends the game. In the process, they cope with Quarrels, Ambushes, and Whirlwinds, and try to avoid the dreaded Rotten Acorn. Suggested for 2 to 6 players, ages 6 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15708\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin-15-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin-15-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin-15-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin-15-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/the-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin-15.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>In Beatrix Potter\u2019s <em>The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin<\/em> (Frederick Warne, 2012), originally published in 1903, Nutkin \u2013 a mischievous pest with a taste for rhyming riddles \u2013 goes too far with grouchy owl Old Brown and loses a chunk of his tail.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read The<em> Tale of Squirrel Nutkin<\/em> with the original Potter illustrations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/14872\/14872-h\/14872-h.htm\">online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/512x512bb-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/512x512bb-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/512x512bb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/512x512bb.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Loud Crow Interactive\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/loudcrow.com\/popout-the-tale-of-squirrel-nutkin\">Pop Out! The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin<\/a>\u00a0is a wonderful 50-page interactive app in which Potter\u2019s illustrations pop out of the page when touched or slide on tabs, along with animations and an audio background of chattering squirrels and growly owl. Also see Loud Crow\u2019s terrific <em>Pop Out! The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15709\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/those-darn-squirrels-295x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/those-darn-squirrels-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/those-darn-squirrels.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Adam Rubin\u2019s hilarious and delightful <em>Those Darn Squirrels!<\/em> (Sandpiper, 2011) features the unspeakably grumpy Old Man Fookwire, who hates pies and puppies \u2013 but loves birds. He paints bird portraits and fills his yard with beautiful birdfeeders, in hopes of persuading his beloved birds stay with him through the winter. The feeders promptly attract a gang of particularly persistent and innovative squirrels (they\u2019re good with pulleys and catapults). When the birds do fly south, leaving Old Man Fookwire alone in his house mournfully eating cottage cheese, the squirrels decide to do him a good turn in payment for all the goodies they\u2019ve nabbed. Sequels include <em>Those Darn Squirrels Fly South<\/em> and <em>Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door<\/em>. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Watch clever squirrels navigate an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DkmeZwsi3HA\">obstacle course<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bird-deep-space-sparkle-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bird-deep-space-sparkle-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bird-deep-space-sparkle-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bird-deep-space-sparkle.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Inspired by Old Man Fookwire? From Deep Space Sparkle Art Lessons for Kids, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deepspacesparkle.com\/2009\/03\/12\/how-to-draw-a-bird\/\">How to Draw a Bird<\/a>\u00a0for a great bird drawing, painting, and decorating project. Make beautiful bird portraits of your own.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/birds\/\">Birds<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>From Artists Helping Children, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artistshelpingchildren.org\/birdfeedershousesperchescraftsmakingartscraftsideaskids.html\">Easy Birdfeeders, House, and Perches<\/a>\u00a0has instructions and patterns for several different kinds of bird feeders and bird snacks, among them pinecone, soda bottle, and milk carton feeders. Also included: a recipe for bird biscuits. Squirrels, of course, like these too.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rabbit-and-squirrel-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rabbit-and-squirrel-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rabbit-and-squirrel.jpg 585w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>The title characters of Kara LaReau\u2019s\u00a0<em>Rabbit &amp; Squirrel: A Tale of War and Peas<\/em>\u00a0(Harcourt Children\u2019s Books, 2008) are neighbors, but not friends. When vegetables begin to disappear from their adjacent gardens, each blames the other. Squirrel hurls a rotten tomato at Rabbit; Rabbit turns the hose on Squirrel. Finally a huge human being \u2013 to whom, it becomes clear, the garden actually belongs \u2013 chases both Rabbit and Squirrel into the woods, where they stubbornly continue their battle. A lesson in how\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0to cope with conflict. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/adventures-of-chatterer-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/adventures-of-chatterer-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/adventures-of-chatterer.jpg 313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Naturalist Thornton Burgess wrote many nature-based books for children, beginning in 1910 with the publication of <em>Old Mother West Wind<\/em>. The stories are set in the Green Forest and star a vast cast of animal characters, among them Peter Rabbit, Jimmy Skunk, Sammy Jay, Reddy Fox, and Little Joe Otter. In <em>The Adventures of Chatterer the Squirrel<\/em> (Dover Publications, 1992), Chatterer \u2013 a thoroughly mischievous red squirrel \u2013 has a narrow escape from Shadow the Weasel (never tease a weasel) and a lucky escape from Farmer Brown\u2019s boy who captures him (he was in the corn crib pinching corn) and puts him in a cage. A chapter book for ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read <em>The Adventures of Chatterer the Squirrel<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/files\/37952\/37952-h\/37952-h.htm\">online<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15716\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/outwitting-squirrels-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/outwitting-squirrels-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/outwitting-squirrels-639x1024.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/outwitting-squirrels-768x1230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/outwitting-squirrels-959x1536.jpg 959w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/outwitting-squirrels.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Bill Adler\u2019s <em>Outwitting Squirrels<\/em> (Chicago Review Press, 1993) is filled with squirrel stories, squirrel facts, and helpful strategies for keeping squirrels out of your birdfeeder. It\u2019s also a hoot to read. Sample chapter titles include \u201cKnow the Enemy,\u201d \u201cThe Unbearable Persistence of Squirrel Appetite,\u201d and \u201cWhat to Do if You Think Squirrels Are Cute.\u201d A great resource for the squirrel-afflicted adult.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>REAL SQUIRRELS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15714\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-rescue-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-rescue-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-rescue.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 230px) 100vw, 230px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jennifer Keats Curtis\u2019s <em>Squirrel Rescue<\/em> (Schiffer Publishing, 2012) is a realistic account of two children finding and saving a baby squirrel who has fallen from the nest. (What to do: put it in a box and leave so that the mother squirrel can recover it.) For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15721\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rabbits-squirrels-chipmunks-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rabbits-squirrels-chipmunks-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rabbits-squirrels-chipmunks.jpg 464w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Mel Boring\u2019s <em>Rabbits, Squirrels, and Chipmunks<\/em> (Cooper Square Publishing, 1996) in the Take Along Guide series is a nicely designed and illustrated introduction to common species of the three featured animal groups, with descriptions, eating habits, where to find each, and assorted anecdotes and interesting facts. Also included are a few\u00a0 hands-on projects, among them making a hanging nut ball for the squirrels and a peanut tightrope for chipmunks. For ages 5 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/welcome-to-world-of-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/welcome-to-world-of-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/welcome-to-world-of-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/welcome-to-world-of.jpg 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Diane Swanson\u2019s <em>Welcome to the World of Squirrels<\/em> (Walrus Books, 2001), illustrated with color photographs, is a great basic introduction to squirrels, with a 32-page reader-friendly text covering squirrel anatomy, different types of squirrels, worldwide distribution, behavior, habitats, food, and predators. Readers learn that tree squirrels can have up to ten different nests (and they can weave a nest in a day). And don\u2019t bother going to Australia to see squirrels. Australia has no squirrels. For ages 5-9.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/animal-answer-guide-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/animal-answer-guide-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/animal-answer-guide.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Richard W. Thorington and Katie Ferrell\u2019s <em>Squirrels: The Animal Answer Guide<\/em> (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006) is a nonfiction account of all things squirrel, variously covering the different types of squirrels, form and function (Can squirrels swim? How far can squirrels jump?), squirrel behavior, squirrel habitats and food, squirrels and humans, and squirrels in literature. An excellent resource for squirrel-obsessed older teenagers and adults.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>MULTICULTURAL SQUIRRELS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/fl\/scalisti\/languages.html\">here<\/a> to learn to say \u201csquirrel\u201d in nearly 300 different languages. (In German, squirrel translates adorably as \u201coak kitten.\u201d)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15724\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/daulaires-norse-myths-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/daulaires-norse-myths-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/daulaires-norse-myths.jpg 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>In Norse mythology, Ratatoskr was the squirrel who darted up and down the trunk of Yggdrasil, the world tree, spreading gossip and carrying messages. Read about him (briefly) in \u201cYggdrasil, the World Tree\u201d in <em>D\u2019Aulaire\u2019s Book of Norse Myths<\/em> (New York Review of Books, 2005).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Read the West African folktale <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surlalunefairytales.com\/books\/africa\/barker\/squirrelspider.html\">The Squirrel and the Spider<\/a>, in which a cunning Spider bilks the hardworking Squirrel of his harvest, only to be stolen from in turn by a greedy Crow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/unnamed-226x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/unnamed-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/unnamed.jpg 527w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/anustoriesforchildren.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/lord-rama-and-squirrel.html\">Indian Stories for Children<\/a> has a retelling of the tale of \u201cLord Rama and the Squirrel\u201d \u2013 the moral of which is that no task, however small, is unimportant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>According to this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstpeople.us\/FP-Html-Legends\/EclipseOfTheSunBlamedOnBlackSquirrel-Choctaw.html\">Choctaw legend<\/a>, solar eclipses are the fault of a hungry black squirrel.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>OBSERVING SQUIRRELS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/projectsquirrelweb1-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/projectsquirrelweb1-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/projectsquirrelweb1-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/projectsquirrelweb1.jpg 939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Become a citizen squirrel scientist! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.projectsquirrel.org\">Project Squirrel<\/a>\u00a0wants volunteers of all ages from all regions of the country to report squirrel sightings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/project-squirrel-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/project-squirrel.png 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/project-squirrel-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exploringnature.org\/db\/detail.php?dbID=45&amp;detID=2278\">Watching Squirrels<\/a>\u00a0has nature study suggestions and drawing helps for squirrel observers ages 8 and up.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Not enough squirrels to observe? An almost foolproof way to attract some is to FEED THEM.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ehow.com\/info_8029631_homemade-squirrel-feeders-kids.html\">Homemade Squirrel Feeders for Kids<\/a>\u00a0has instructions for making simple squirrel feeders with dried corn cobs, pine cones, or milk cartons. Links on the site lead to more complicated projects, such as a squirrel feeder jar.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20727\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-feeder-web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-feeder-web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-feeder-web.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>See <a href=\"http:\/\/kidoinfo.com\/ri\/build-a-squirrel-feeder-for-fall-fun\/\">these instructions<\/a> for making a simple corn cob feeder and a balancing corn cob feeder (fun for acrobatic squirrels).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>THE SCIENCE OF SQUIRRELS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/acorn-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/acorn-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/acorn.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Natalie Angier\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/07\/06\/science\/06angi.html\">Nut? What Nut?<\/a>\u00a0is a short fascinating science essay on squirrels. Readers learn, for example, that squirrels have yellow-tinted eye lenses that act as natural sunglasses, and find out a bit about squirrel robots.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>From Science Netlinks, <a href=\"http:\/\/sciencenetlinks.com\/science-news\/science-updates\/squirrel-hoarding\/\">Squirrel Hoarding<\/a> compares the nut-saving behaviors of red and gray squirrels with a short list of follow-up questions for kids.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Find out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nutsaboutsquirrels.com\/1695\/why-do-squirrels-have-bushy-tails\/\">why squirrels have bushy tails<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robosquirrel-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robosquirrel-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/robosquirrel.jpg 402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Robosquirrels! See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/04\/120403140038.htm\">Robosquirrels versus Rattlesnakes<\/a>, a short account of experiments using snakes and robot squirrels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/animals.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/mammals\/squirrel\/\">National Geographic: Squirrel<\/a> has fast facts on squirrels and an infographic comparing the size of a squirrel to a teacup.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/southern-flying-squirrel-glaucomys-volans-6124472-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/southern-flying-squirrel-glaucomys-volans-6124472-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/southern-flying-squirrel-glaucomys-volans-6124472.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Find out how flying squirrels fly in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/science-nature\/how-squirrels-fly-37372905\/\">How Squirrels Fly<\/a> from <em>Smithsonian<\/em> magazine.\u00a0(Scientists tested the squirrels in a wind tunnel.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>With help from ancient squirrels, Russian scientists have managed to regenerate 30,000-year-old plants. Find out about it in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadychery.org\/2012\/02\/22\/scientists-and-squirrels-regenerate-a-plant-30000-years-on\/\">Scientists and Squirrels Regenerate a Plant<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadychery.org\/2012\/02\/22\/scientists-and-squirrels-regenerate-a-plant-30000-years-on\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20605\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hibernation-1-1024x724-1-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hibernation-1-1024x724-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hibernation-1-1024x724-1-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/hibernation-1-1024x724-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hibernating squirrels are teaching scientists about the workings of the brain. Find out how (and learn about the frigid winters of arctic ground squirrels) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=arctic-ground-squirrel-brain\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=arctic-ground-squirrel-brain\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/saber-toothed-squirrel-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/saber-toothed-squirrel-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/saber-toothed-squirrel-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/saber-toothed-squirrel-768x1071.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/saber-toothed-squirrel.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>A 100-million-year-old saber-toothed squirrel probably looked much like Scrat from the <em>Ice Age<\/em> movies. Really. Check it out at LiveScience&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/16839-saber-toothed-squirrel-scrat-ice-age.html\">Saber-Toothed Squirrel<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/16839-saber-toothed-squirrel-scrat-ice-age.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><b>HISTORIC SQUIRRELS<\/b><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-19937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/42488v-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/42488v-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/42488v-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/42488v.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>For information and period artwork (with squirrels), see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/pet-squirrel-craze\">When Squirrels Were One of America&#8217;s Most Popular Pets<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>For more on the popular pet squirrel (often seen with gold-chain leashes and collars) see <a href=\"http:\/\/outofthiscentury.wordpress.com\/2010\/02\/03\/wild-colonial-american-pets\/\">Wild Colonial American Pets<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Ben Franklin\u2019s famous epitaph for a departed pet squirrel (\u201cHere SKUGG\/Lies snug\/As a bug in a rug\u201d) is found in a letter to Georgiana Shipley, written in 1772. Read Franklin&#8217;s letter <a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Franklin\/01-19-02-0202\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.familytales.org\/dbDisplay.php?id=ltr_ben4862&amp;person=ben\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>For more resources, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/ben-franklin\/\">Ben Franklin<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanwildlifeguide.net\/2012\/02\/squirrels-in-high-places.html\">Squirrels in High Places<\/a>\u00a0discusses the relationships of U.S. presidents to squirrels. Ronald Reagan fed them; Harry Truman appointed an official White House squirrel feeder; Dwight Eisenhower attempted to ban them from the White House lawn because they dug holes in his putting green. The George W. Bush family dog, Millie, chased them.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tommy-tucker-262x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"262\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tommy-tucker-262x300.jpg 262w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tommy-tucker.jpg 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 262px) 100vw, 262px\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tommy Tucker \u2013 a very fashionable squirrel \u2013 was a national sensation in the 1940s. Check out this <a href=\"http:\/\/life.time.com\/curiosities\/a-squirrels-guide-to-fashion\/#1\">gallery of Tommy photos<\/a> from the <em>Life<\/em> magazine archive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-15737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/crasher-squirrel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"219\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Runner-up to Tommy may be the 2009 Banff Crasher Squirrel, who sneaked into a Canadian couple\u2019s vacation photo and promptly became an Internet sensation. See <a href=\"https:\/\/where.ca\/blog\/slideshow\/crasher-squirrel-best-photos\/\">Crasher Squirrel<\/a> in the original photo \u2013 and with Vladimir Putin, Abraham Lincoln, the cast of Star Trek, and on the moon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>I NEVER SAW A PURPLE SQUIRREL<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s a wide range of color in squirrels. Gray squirrels, for example, can be black, brown, or tan; and red squirrels can range from black to brown to red (with white bellies). But\u2026purple squirrels?<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15740\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white-squirrel-300x253.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white-squirrel-300x253.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white-squirrel-768x648.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/white-squirrel.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>There are pockets of pure-white squirrels scattered across North America, which is why so many towns claim to be the \u201cHome of the White Squirrels.\u201d For information and a white-squirrel map, see <a href=\"https:\/\/untamedscience.com\/biodiversity\/white-squirrel\/\">White Squirrels<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewildclassroom.com\/biomes\/speciesprofile\/deciduousforest.html\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/black-squirrel-2-1024x800-1-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/black-squirrel-2-1024x800-1-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/black-squirrel-2-1024x800-1-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/black-squirrel-2-1024x800-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Learn about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/where-did-black-gray-squirrels-come-from.html\">black squirrels.<\/a> (They&#8217;re really gray.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>For more on white and black squirrels, see Roadside America\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadsideamerica.com\/story\/29067\">White Squirrel Wars<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadsideamerica.com\/story\/29130\">Black Squirrel Squabbles<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15738\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/purple-squirrel-293x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/purple-squirrel-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/purple-squirrel-768x787.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/purple-squirrel.jpg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><\/td>\n<td>Check out this (real) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2012\/02\/10\/146717601\/a-purple-squirrel-in-pennsylvania-provokes-a-host-of-theories\">bright-purple squirrel<\/a> from Pennsylvania. Learn all about it and the theories of what made it purple.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td>Pink squirrels? Flying squirrels glow pink in the dark. Really. Find out about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com\/animals\/2019\/01\/flying-squirrels-fluorescent-secretly-glow-pink\/\">here<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>SQUIRREL POEMS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Read W.B. Yeats\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/148\/29.html\">To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-No.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Ralph Waldo Emerson\u2019s poem\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bartleby.com\/102\/40.html\">Fable<\/a>\u00a0begins \u201cThe mountain and the squirrel\/Had a quarrel\u2026\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Arijit Mandal\u2019s upbeat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrapbook.com\/poems\/doc\/1777.html\">The Squirrel\u00a0<\/a>begins \u201cWhisking, frisking\/Hippity, hop\/Up he goes\/To the tree top!\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/something-big-prelutsky-238x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/something-big-prelutsky-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/something-big-prelutsky-768x969.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/something-big-prelutsky.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Jack Prelutsky\u2019s poem \u201cSquirrels\u201d is from the collection <em>Something Big Has Been Here<\/em> (Greenwillow, 2010). Or read it <a href=\"http:\/\/karenspoetryspot.blogspot.com\/2007\/05\/squirrels-by-jack-prelutsky.html\">online<\/a> along with a nice little note on making a personal poetry book for a kid.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>SQUIRREL ARTS AND CRAFTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artistshelpingchildren.org\/squirrelscraftsideasactivitieskids.html\">Squirrel Crafts<\/a>\u00a0has many creative projects with instructions and printable templates. Included are origami squirrels, balloon squirrels, sock puppet squirrels, and flying squirrel paper airplanes.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15742\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/papier-mache-squirrel-300x261.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/papier-mache-squirrel-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/papier-mache-squirrel.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecraftycrow.net\/2010\/11\/squirrel-crafts-for-kids.html\">Squirrel Crafts for Kids<\/a>\u00a0has a wonderful assortment of artistic squirrels, including gorgeous papier-mache squirrels, painted paper stand-up squirrels, egg-carton squirrels, and a stuffed chipmunk made from a glove.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15743\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wooden-puzzle-squirrel-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wooden-puzzle-squirrel-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/wooden-puzzle-squirrel.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Build a squirrel! The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/TOYMYTOY-Wooden-Puzzles-Squirrel-Assembly\/dp\/B07DWXL9L3\">Squirrel 3-D Puzzle<\/a> is a Woodcraft Construction kit: pop out the 20 pieces and fit them together for a nice little stand-alone squirrel, suitable for painting (or nice as is). Recommended for ages 7 and up.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Activity Village\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.activityvillage.co.uk\/squirrels.htm\">Learn About Squirrels<\/a>\u00a0has squirrel coloring and notebooking pages, squirrel printables, and instructions for making a squirrel collage and spoon puppet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><strong>A GIRL NAMED SQUIRREL?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-15713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-and-john-muir-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-and-john-muir-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.rebeccaruppresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/squirrel-and-john-muir.jpg 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"rg_ilmbg\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Emily Arnold McCully\u2019s <em>Squirrel and John Muir<\/em> (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 2004) is a fictionalized take on a real incident that took place in California\u2019s Yosemite Valley in 1868. Young Floy Hutchings, whose parents run Yosemite\u2019s first hotel, is nicknamed Squirrel because of her wild and rebellious behavior. When naturalist John Muir comes to the Valley and takes a job at the hotel, he and the lonely little girl form a bond. Illustrated with lovely watercolor paintings. For ages 4-8.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 300px;\"><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Squirrel_Girl\">Squirrel Girl<\/a>, Marvel Comics superheroine, has a tail, little claws in place of fingernails, and an ability to communicate with squirrels, hordes of which help her defeat enemies.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world is full of wonderful squirrels: Pattertwig in C.S. 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