Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Halloween: A Safety Guide for Scaredies
Boo! Halloween, with its haunted houses and bloody fangs, is cause for serious alarm when you’re a nervous squirrel. In this latest in a series of safety guides, which includes Scaredy Squirrel Prepares for Christmas (2012), Scaredy Squirrel has assembled a hodgepodge of zany safety tips for getting through October 31 unscathed. There are eight chapters in all; in the chapter dealing with costumes, Scaredy Squirrel models six ensembles, each paired with a scare-o-meter evaluating its fright factor (all but one is deemed “terrifying,” even though the squirrel couldn’t look cuter). Other topics, from carving a pumpkin to planning a bash, receive equally silly treatment. Illustrated in comic book–panel style, this is a jam-packed, fun guide to a highly anticipated holiday (for most, anyways). Grades 1-3. --Ann Kelley