• Age: 4 to 8
• Grade: p to 3

La description en français suit ci-après.

Do you know Scaredy Squirrel? This loveable squirrel is afraid of everything! His favourite hobby: staying in his nut tree with his defenses, his emergency kit and his back-up plans at the ready? Despite all that, he lives nutty adventures like going camping, making friends, going to the beach... Will he survive? Read these books of Scaredy Squirrel stories to find out...

This pack includes 6 paperback books: Frisson l'écureuil (Scaredy Squirrel), Frisson l'écureuil à la plage (Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach), Frisson l'écureuil en pleine nuit (Scaredy Squirrel at Night), Frisson l'écureuil fête son anniversaire (Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party), Frisson l'écureuil se fait un ami (Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend) and Frisson l'écureuil en camping (Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping).

Connaissez-vous Frisson l?écureuil? Cet adorable écureuil a peur de tout! Son passe-temps préféré? Rester dans son arbre avec des noix à volonté, son dispositif de défense, sa trousse d?urgence et ses plans d?évacuation? Malgré tout, il parvient à vivre de grandes aventures comme faire du camping, aller à la plage, rencontrer des amis? Survivra-t-il? Lisez ces livres de Frisson l?écureuil pour le découvrir?

Cet ensemble comprend 6 livres à couverture souple : Frisson l'écureuil, Frisson l'écureuil à la plage, Frisson l'écureuil en pleine nuit, Frisson l'écureuil fête son anniversaire, Frisson l'écureuil se fait un ami et Frisson l'écureuil en camping.

La jeune auteure-illustratrice Mélanie Watt, née à Trois-Rivières, a remporté pour son travail de prestigieuses récompenses, dont le Prix Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz, le Prix Blue Spruce et le Prix Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon, tous les trois pour Frisson l'écureuil.

It was in a design class taught by Michèle Lemieux at the University of Quebec in Montreal that author and illustrator Mélanie Watt created her first picture book, Leon the Chameleon, which was later published by Kids Can Press. Watt went on to create several more books, including the Learning with Animals collection and Augustine, which was named an ALA Notable Children's Book. Watt has also illustrated Where Does a Tiger-Heron Spend the Night? and Bearcub and Mama, which won the 2006 IRA Teachers” Choices Project.

Mélanie's best known book, Scaredy Squirrel, has won many awards, including the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children”s Book Award for Children”s Picture Book and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator”s Award. The release of Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend was met with enthusiastic reviews and incredible sales, confirming the arrival of kid lit's newest superstar. Chester, Chester's Back! and Chester's Masterpiece are about a megalomaniac cat who is every bit the antithesis to Scaredy. Chester has already become a bestseller, and shows the breadth and creativity of Mélanie Watt.

Scaredy returns to take a few more tentative steps out of his comfort zone in Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach and Scaredy Squirrel at Night. Mélanie has often noted how the Scaredy Squirrel books helped her work out her own insecurities and fears, as the success of these titles has required her to venture out into the unknown, and like Scaredy she has found the experience truly uplifting.

Mélanie currently resides near Montreal, Quebec.

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