Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping

by Mélanie Watt

Paperback, 2021

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Description

Juvenile Fiction. Picture Book Fiction. Humor (Fiction.) HTML: Scaredy Squirrel is not too comfortable with the idea of camping...unless it's on his couch! There will be no mosquitoes, skunks or zippers to worry about when he watches a show about the joys of camping on his brand-new TV. But first Scaredy must find an electrical outlet, and that means going into the woods! Will the nutty worrywart's plans prepare him for the great outdoors, or will his adventure end up as a scary story told around the campfire?.

Publication

Tundra Books (2021), 32 pages

User reviews

LibraryThing member literaryvalerie

Put on your camping boots and get ready for another adventure with Scaredy Squirrel. Scaredy is at it again and this time he takes on his fear of camping and penguins! (yes, I said Penguins). Instead of exploring the outdoors, Scaredy is determined to plug in his new TV to watch about camping from

the safety of his tree. But first he has to navigate the big scary campground! Will he make it? Or will the three bears and skunks get him?

Melanie Watt delivers another funny tale from our favorite squirrel. My students absolutely love these books and this will be another great addition to our library. These books have simple and fun text that readers of all ages can enjoy. I know that we will be adding this title once it's released!

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LibraryThing member KerryMarsh

I loved this story. I dont like camping either so I was right there with Scaredy Squirrel from the get go. Loved that he had a plan and had thought it all out. I was amused by his odd collection of tools needed to complete his plan and then laughed as each was explained. I enjoyed the story and

particularly the very last page. Great book for kids. I will be recommending this one to the parents of kids I work with who have an aversion to camping. I see this author has other stories about Scaredy Squirrel - I will be checking them out. Thanks for the advance copy NetGalley.

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LibraryThing member kfh2

Scardy Squirrel is at it again. This time, he decides to go camping. Or course, Scardy Squirell is over-prepared and expecting the worse. What he discovers is that the great outdoors are actually quite pleasurable.

LibraryThing member Remy_Ferrell

Just like the other Scaredy Squirrel books, this one features Scaredy Squireel going on a certain mission. In this book, he must plug in the extension cord to an outlet to watch a program about camping instead of him going camping because it is not safe.

Once more, this book had me laughing. The

colors in acrylic make this book seem like a children's book. The artwork is really well done and it reflect what the author has written. The story is really amazing and I am always surprised at the end results.

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LibraryThing member KarlaMyatt

Scaredy Squirrel is overly prepared to go camping. He packs many random things to conquer his fear of camping. They are used in the most creative ways throughout the book. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to others.

LibraryThing member BriannaMaeee

Scaredy Squirrel wants to go camping but without having to leave his tree. Thank goodness for television right! The only problem is he has to plug in the tv somewhere. Living in the forest doesn't give many electircal outlets so he has to plan a route to find one. On the way he finds a penguin and

gets worried but makes friends with him. I love these books because all the pictures are detailed and cute.

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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26

The neurotic, list-making squirrel whose story began in Mélanie Watt's Scaredy Squirrel, and then continued in five subsequent titles, returns here for his seventh adventure. Absolutely unwilling to endure the rigors of camping, from skunks to quicksand, Scaredy Squirrel comes up with a plan that

will allow him to enjoy the pleasures of this outdoor activity inside. But when he decides to watch camping shows on television instead of actually camping, he realizes that he will need to plug in his TV, requiring him to make a dangerous journey through the nearby campground to the closest electrical outlet. Will his thorough preparations safeguard him, or will the unexpected blow him off course...?

This being the fictional world of Mélanie Watt, it comes as no surprise to discover that the path to sciurine security never did run smooth, and our hero encounters various obstacles on his journey that force him into a closer contact with the world than he might otherwise wish. As is always the case with Scaredy, this proves revelatory, as he is forced to discover the joys of camping. Of course this in no way implies (nor does it ever) that he has been reformed, or is any less paranoid about the dangers of the larger world. An amusing tale in paired with the usual fun illustrations in Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping, which I would recommend to fans of the character, as well as to any young children who might themselves have some reservations about outdoor activities.

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