I ALSO LOVE the 4th wall narration-(I know that may annoy some readers) but I definitely love it. I love a good anthropomorphized book, and Lynne Rae Perkins doesn’t disappoint! When I was describing this book to a friend, he hearkened back to Watership Down and it does have appeal in having a glossary of terms-but far more exciting (at least to me). That's why I can't suggest Nuts to You to most elementary readers.
If you can pronounce these words easily, it certainly makes the character voices fun, but as a 5th grade teacher, I know that dialect is insanely hard for kids. Even more challenging, was the crazy squirrel dialect: Really!?!? It makes no sense to put such a barrier in the way of young readers. For instance, two of the main characters are TsTs and Tchke. It looks like a book that is aimed at grades 3-5, but quite a lot of it was too hard to read. Unfortunately, a few bizarre choices made Nuts to You really difficult. I also enjoyed the straight-forward, tell-it-like-it-is authorial voice (up until the weird, lengthy sequence of author's notes and epilogues). There were some great observations about life as a squirrel. I really enjoyed the relationships between the 4 squirrel friends, and the way they joked with one another was great fun.
Includes an introduction, epilogue, and footnotes throughout.Ī fun squirrel story with themes of friendship, adventure, acceptance, and protecting trees. Illustrated in black-and-white on every page by the author. It is a deeply satisfying piece of storytelling about the power of stories to save the world about the power of friendship and the importance of community. Nuts to You is wholly original, funny, lively, and thought-provoking. Was it Jed? Well, readers will have to figure that out. And one day, while she was sitting on a bench enjoying the sunshine and a peanut butter sandwich, a squirrel asked for a smidgen of peanut butter in exchange for a story. Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins loves peanut butter, too. It turns out they love games and really good stories.
It turns out that squirrels are steadfast and fun-loving. New communities are discovered, new friends made, huge danger is encountered (both man-made and of the fox and bobcat variety) and the mysteries of squirrel culture are revealed. So when Jed is snatched up by a hawk and carried away to another realm, TsTs and Chai resolve to go after him. Jed, TsTs, and Chai are the very best of friends.
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