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Summary
Summary
His giant squid stole our hearts. His orange squirrel will steal our...acorns?!
Bonk! When an acorn hits him on the head, a chubby squirrel takes stock. And what does he see? ACORNS EVERYWHERE! With a jolt of hilarious manic energy, he gets to work?Gather! Dig! Bury! Readers will know, even if the squirrel doesn't, that ?gather? does not mean prying acorns from the mouth of a scandalized mouse, the beak of an unsuspecting bird, or . . . well, you'll see. Will this squirrel get what's coming to him'or will he get something even better?
Author Notes
Kevin Sherry lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-A mischievous squirrel gathers acorns, sometimes stealing them from other forest creatures, and buries them in various spots. After a scary encounter with a bear, who only wants some berries growing nearby, the squirrel can't seem to recall where he put his supply. When the squirrel's tummy starts to grumble, berries plundered from some indignant rats provide a welcome snack. The rats get their due on the back endpapers when they pinch the squirrel's acorns from their hiding places. Like the rats, young children will enjoy getting one over on the cheeky squirrel. Oversize cut-paper and ink cartoons, interspersed with photographic images of acorns and berries, tell much of the story, making the one-word to one-sentence lines of text per spread almost unnecessary. While the book is not as original as Sherry's I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean (2007) and I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean (2008, both Dial), this bright orange squirrel will entertain children.-Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
It is a truth universally acknowledged that squirrels obsessively bury nuts and then promptly forget where they put them. Sherry's (I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean) comically frenetic cartooning is ideally suited to this premise, and he heightens the totemic desirability of the acorns by rendering them in photographic cutouts ("I must hide them," the wide-eyed squirrel says, staring at readers with the utmost seriousness and intensity). But while Sherry's bold colors, large-scale images and exclamatory text have lots of get-up-and-go ("Gather! Dig! Bury!" is the squirrel's refrain as he nabs acorns from other creatures), the story devolves into a lame homophonic joke: for a second, it looks like a large brown bear might just "bury" the squirrel, but it turns out he's just after a "berry" snack of his own. The squirrel then abruptly decides that those are just fine for sating his appetite, too, and his cycle of thievery restarts. Ages 3-5. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Sherry forgoes his signature squid, introduced in I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean (2007), for an outrageous squirrel and its acorn obsession. To a mantra of "gather, dig, bury," the frantic rodent collects all possible nuts, his diminutive arms yanking the food from the bird and mice nearby. As astute onlookers observe, the gatherer misplaces his buried bounty, but a rumbling forest giant provides an unlikely treasure for the forgetful forager. Repetitive phrases move the spare narrative along; the minimal text gives space for the purposeful cartoons to tell the tale. Pacing builds to a genuinely funny if entirely predictableto squirrel behaviorists, anywayconclusion. Cut-paper and collaged photograph accents present a striking focal point against a mostly sky-blue watercolor backdrop for the solid landscape. Bold, black lines and solid colors suit the stocky scavenger's frenzied attitude. His tiny pupils accentuate each wide-eyed expression, his single white tooth a glaring contrast to his orange face. Each upright character is disproportionately featured, maintaining the focus on the zany antics. A light forest romp. (Picture book. 3-7) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Starring a squirrel that has the look of a bright-orange Uglydoll and the big brain to match, Sherry's latest picture book features few words, but they're delivered with utmost urgency. I must hide them, the squirrel says on the first pages, protective of an armful of what look to be giant acorns. Gather! , Dig! , and Bury! are the three thoughts he has as he goes about his business in the forest. Sherry's trees and animals are cheerily cartoonish and the sky a pretty blue-and-white wash, but the acorns are photographs no doubt a scrumptious sight to a squirrel, just as the berries are irresistible to a bear that shows up behind the squirrel and startles him. When the squirrel's stomach begins grumbling and he realizes he doesn't remember where he buried all those acorns, those berries start looking good to him, too. A nice, concise tale of making the best of what you've got.--Nolan, Abby Copyright 2009 Booklist