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Nuts to You
How far would you go for a friend? In Nuts to You, the funny and moving new novel by Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins, two squirrels go very far indeed to save a friend who has been snatched up by a hawk. Nuts to You is short, funny, and surprising—an Incredible Journey with squirrels. It features black-and-white art by the author on every page and will appeal to fans of animal fantasies by Kate DiCamillo, Kathi Appelt, and Avi.
Jed, TsTs, and Chai are the very best of friends. So when Jed is snatched up by a hawk and carried away to another realm, TsTs and Chai resolve to go after him. Mysteriously, the hawk has dropped him. They saw it. Jed could be alive. 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. It turns out that squirrels are steadfast and fun-loving. It turns out they adore peanut butter. It turns out they love games and really good stories. And nuts.
Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins loves peanut butter, too. 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. Was it Jed? Well, readers will have to figure that out. Nuts to You is wholly original, funny, lively, and thought-provoking. 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. Illustrated in black-and-white on every page by the author. Includes an introduction, epilogue, and footnotes throughout.
Jed, TsTs, and Chai are the very best of friends. So when Jed is snatched up by a hawk and carried away to another realm, TsTs and Chai resolve to go after him. Mysteriously, the hawk has dropped him. They saw it. Jed could be alive. 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. It turns out that squirrels are steadfast and fun-loving. It turns out they adore peanut butter. It turns out they love games and really good stories. And nuts.
Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins loves peanut butter, too. 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. Was it Jed? Well, readers will have to figure that out. Nuts to You is wholly original, funny, lively, and thought-provoking. 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. Illustrated in black-and-white on every page by the author. Includes an introduction, epilogue, and footnotes throughout.
259 pages, Hardcover
First published August 26, 2014
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Lynne Rae Perkins
25 books176 followersLynne Rae Perkins is the author of several novels, including her most recent Newbery Award winning book, Criss Cross. She enjoys working in her studio, being with friends, watching her kids grow, and watching her husband, Bill, chase their dog around town.
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December 25, 2014
I can't believe I held out so long to read this book. I loved the humor, the footnotes, the voice. The story was creative and the point of view from the author's note to the squirrels (loved the Irish accent for the other grove of squirrels) was such fun. This would be a great read aloud.
August 17, 2014
A fun squirrel story with themes of friendship, adventure, acceptance, and protecting trees. I really enjoyed the relationships between the 4 squirrel friends, and the way they joked with one another was great fun. There were some great observations about life as a squirrel. 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).
Unfortunately, a few bizarre choices made Nuts to You really difficult. It looks like a book that is aimed at grades 3-5, but quite a lot of it was too hard to read. For instance, two of the main characters are TsTs and Tchke. Really!?!? It makes no sense to put such a barrier in the way of young readers. Even more challenging, was the crazy squirrel dialect:
"Wair y'fromm, then?.. Oim Chuck, roight?"
"Oim Tsam... En oo er yu?"
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. That's why I can't suggest Nuts to You to most elementary readers.
Unfortunately, a few bizarre choices made Nuts to You really difficult. It looks like a book that is aimed at grades 3-5, but quite a lot of it was too hard to read. For instance, two of the main characters are TsTs and Tchke. Really!?!? It makes no sense to put such a barrier in the way of young readers. Even more challenging, was the crazy squirrel dialect:
"Wair y'fromm, then?.. Oim Chuck, roight?"
"Oim Tsam... En oo er yu?"
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. That's why I can't suggest Nuts to You to most elementary readers.
January 2, 2017
this was really cute actually. totally wasn't in the mood for a middle grade book, but cute nonetheless.
August 7, 2014
THIS BOOK! I gobbled it right up. Exactly like this squirrel---
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). I ALSO LOVE the 4th wall narration----(I know that may annoy some readers) but I definitely love it. I love when there is this omniscient narrator, reminds me a little of the narration in In A Glass Grimly or even the field guide parts in The Hero s Guide to Saving Your Kingdom.
One of the best things about this book (which definitely includes the author’s note, the footnotes, and a BAZLIION OTHER GREAT THINGS) is how quick it flew by. I’ve been reading some thick heavy middle grade novels. While, I do have some kids who quickly get addicted to the larger works it’s nice to have some smaller fast paced entertaining books that i can engage some of my readers in. While Erin Hunter’s books are still ever so popular, I think a squirrel adventure (and partial environmental message) would appeal to my population of animal lovers.
Thanks for the ARC Edelweiss
July 13, 2014
The gray squirrel Jed tells of a harrowing time in his youth when he was captured by a hawk, escaped, and discovered that humans were clearing the area around "buzzpaths" (utility wires) and would soon destroy his neighborhood. Jeb and the friends who followed him have to find their way back home and then convince the other squirrels (realistically distractible and parochial) to move in time. This humorous adventure is framed by the much-older Jed's encounter with a human who offers a bit of a peanut butter sandwich, and to whom he tells his story. The author's voice appears, too, in side comments and chapter-ending footnotes. In her appealing tale of friendship and the power of story, the natural history and environmental concerns are true to life. There are real dangers in Jed’s world, but his third-person narrative is warm and reassuring in the tradition of classic animal adventures. I enjoyed the author's occasional comments and appreciated the unremarkable inclusion of the cross-color friendship.
September 24, 2024
How beautiful can a book about nothing be? Quite beautiful, as fans of Kevin Henkes, Ezra Jack Keats, or Margaret Wise Brown could tell you. Examining the stealthy dramas of a nothing day, noticing the little nonevents that add up to more than the nothing perceived by the un-attentive eye, can make for a rewarding story that teaches readers to look for breathtaking moments even where it appears that dullness reigns uncontested, because those moments are there. In truth, 2006 Newbery Medalist (for Criss Cross) Lynne Rae Perkins doesn't write about nothing. She simply observes so carefully what is going on around the characters in her books that it feels like she gets preoccupied with nonessentials, but that isn't truly the case. Lynne Rae Perkins tunes in better to the connectedness of people and their surroundings than any other author I've read, recognizing that the auburn leaf free-floating from a tree's uppermost branch to land at a character's feet is not just a meaningless detail of the larger story. That leaf had a genesis, too, as did the tree on which it grew, and there's no telling what it has seen, or the ways its life might have shared surprising coincidences with the lives of the people in the story. Not one gear in the clockwork of our universe is wholly disengaged, not important enough to be mentioned for its moment of passing interaction with those on whom the primary narrative focuses. As noted on the inside flap of Nuts to You, "What's the story? It depends on who you ask." Lynne Rae Perkins diligently searches out every story within the story, and because of it, her novels are uniquely detailed. She never fails to entertain, inspire, and get one thinking a little deeper about the world we inhabit.
The false "Wolf!" cry of young Jip the squirrel is what starts the trouble. His incessant chattering about phantom predators dulls everyone's natural reactions to the danger surrounding them, until a real threat, a sharp-taloned hawk, dive-bombs the squirrels' settlement and snatches one of their number, Jed. Fortunately for the pinioned squirrel, the attack didn't kill him, and he's able to use this element of surprise to escape the hawk's clutches before it can strike a lethal blow. But now Jed is lost far from home, realms away from the forest he shares with his friends and relatives, and the odds aren't good for an animal as small and scatterbrained as a squirrel to ever retrace its path back to where it started. Jed would give up and start anew with his new batch of squirrel friends, red squirrels instead of the gray variety he's accustomed to back home, but the thought that this isn't where he belongs won't stop bothering him. No oversized bird on the hunt should be able to alter the trajectory of his life so profoundly without at least an effort on Jed's part to reverse the effect. He must try to make it home.
"He tried to ignore the feather of longing that tickled his heart. But it kept tickling. Because he hadn't quite made up his mind to stay here."
—Nuts to You, P. 49
It didn't go unnoticed by Jed's friends TsTs and Chai that Jed was still alive and wriggling when he fell from the hawk's grip. While the rest of the squirrels pay hasty respects to their involuntarily airlifted friend and eagerly move on with their lives, TsTs persuades Chai to join her on a search for Jed. The unnatural spiderwebs (manmade electric power lines) cutting through the forest lead almost directly to where they saw Jed drop, so as long as he doesn't wander too far away, TsTs and Chai should be able to locate him. But who knows what enemies lurk in the dark foreign reaches of the forest?
As the separated woodland companions fight to find one another, ignoring the apathy of other squirrels who don't care enough to scour the realms of the forest for an abducted neighbor, an adversary more dangerous than a hawk appears within the limits of their wooded grove. Mankind has the tools, knowhow, and motivation to do severe damage to the homes of small forest creatures even without intending to, and the realization that trouble is on a collision course with their friends back home forces TsTs and Chai to choose one of two conflicting priorities. Do they have time to locate Jed before lumber-jacking devastation winds its way to their home? Or should they forsake their journey to find Jed and hurry to sound the alarm to the band of squirrels they left behind, knowing that getting a big group of squirrels to care about anything besides packing away extra nuts for the winter is a nearly hopeless endeavor? Animal and human need and mutual care come together in a big finale, where a cluster of squirrels who have witnessed the danger attempt to guide their friends and family to safety without their being aware of it. But will it be enough to save the day from the terrors of eminent domain?
Lynne Rae Perkins has a way of exquisitely drawing the magic out of the moment, however plain the moment might appear. Her eyes see deeper than most, and through her writing she creates an access point for us to join her in seeing the magic she sees. That simple magic is less visible in Nuts to You than Criss Cross, or even As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, but the scope of the story is the same, and I appreciate it. There's a quote from page two hundred thirty-three of Nuts to You that I think insightfully captures the meaning of the book: "It was one of those moments where anything can happen. Something big or something small. Something kind or something harsh. It's so uncertain that the first one to speak can tip it one way or the other." In retrospect, so many pivotal junctures in our lives are like that, where our future forks to head in drastically different directions because of a single action or statement. Life is raw and formless and unsettling and hard to understand even in hindsight, so much so that it makes us intensely uncomfortable if we dwell on that truth for long. Lynne Rae Perkins, however, sees it as reason to celebrate, and her novels are usually vehicles for that celebration. By acknowledging the simple beauty of seminal moments big and small, earth-shattering and mundane, obvious and undetectable, we open our minds to the reality that any moment could be our defining one. Even this next moment, or the next, or the next. And there's no telling where we'll find ourselves on the other side of it. All we can do is resolve to try our best in the here and now, and maybe it will lead us to the opportunity to be the author of a happy ending of our own. I applaud Lynne Rae Perkins for this interesting, thoughtful novel, and look forward to reuniting someday in the pages of another of her books. Until then, since it seems the thing to say when speaking of this book, "Nut to you, my friend...Nuts to us all."
The false "Wolf!" cry of young Jip the squirrel is what starts the trouble. His incessant chattering about phantom predators dulls everyone's natural reactions to the danger surrounding them, until a real threat, a sharp-taloned hawk, dive-bombs the squirrels' settlement and snatches one of their number, Jed. Fortunately for the pinioned squirrel, the attack didn't kill him, and he's able to use this element of surprise to escape the hawk's clutches before it can strike a lethal blow. But now Jed is lost far from home, realms away from the forest he shares with his friends and relatives, and the odds aren't good for an animal as small and scatterbrained as a squirrel to ever retrace its path back to where it started. Jed would give up and start anew with his new batch of squirrel friends, red squirrels instead of the gray variety he's accustomed to back home, but the thought that this isn't where he belongs won't stop bothering him. No oversized bird on the hunt should be able to alter the trajectory of his life so profoundly without at least an effort on Jed's part to reverse the effect. He must try to make it home.
"He tried to ignore the feather of longing that tickled his heart. But it kept tickling. Because he hadn't quite made up his mind to stay here."
—Nuts to You, P. 49
It didn't go unnoticed by Jed's friends TsTs and Chai that Jed was still alive and wriggling when he fell from the hawk's grip. While the rest of the squirrels pay hasty respects to their involuntarily airlifted friend and eagerly move on with their lives, TsTs persuades Chai to join her on a search for Jed. The unnatural spiderwebs (manmade electric power lines) cutting through the forest lead almost directly to where they saw Jed drop, so as long as he doesn't wander too far away, TsTs and Chai should be able to locate him. But who knows what enemies lurk in the dark foreign reaches of the forest?
As the separated woodland companions fight to find one another, ignoring the apathy of other squirrels who don't care enough to scour the realms of the forest for an abducted neighbor, an adversary more dangerous than a hawk appears within the limits of their wooded grove. Mankind has the tools, knowhow, and motivation to do severe damage to the homes of small forest creatures even without intending to, and the realization that trouble is on a collision course with their friends back home forces TsTs and Chai to choose one of two conflicting priorities. Do they have time to locate Jed before lumber-jacking devastation winds its way to their home? Or should they forsake their journey to find Jed and hurry to sound the alarm to the band of squirrels they left behind, knowing that getting a big group of squirrels to care about anything besides packing away extra nuts for the winter is a nearly hopeless endeavor? Animal and human need and mutual care come together in a big finale, where a cluster of squirrels who have witnessed the danger attempt to guide their friends and family to safety without their being aware of it. But will it be enough to save the day from the terrors of eminent domain?
Lynne Rae Perkins has a way of exquisitely drawing the magic out of the moment, however plain the moment might appear. Her eyes see deeper than most, and through her writing she creates an access point for us to join her in seeing the magic she sees. That simple magic is less visible in Nuts to You than Criss Cross, or even As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, but the scope of the story is the same, and I appreciate it. There's a quote from page two hundred thirty-three of Nuts to You that I think insightfully captures the meaning of the book: "It was one of those moments where anything can happen. Something big or something small. Something kind or something harsh. It's so uncertain that the first one to speak can tip it one way or the other." In retrospect, so many pivotal junctures in our lives are like that, where our future forks to head in drastically different directions because of a single action or statement. Life is raw and formless and unsettling and hard to understand even in hindsight, so much so that it makes us intensely uncomfortable if we dwell on that truth for long. Lynne Rae Perkins, however, sees it as reason to celebrate, and her novels are usually vehicles for that celebration. By acknowledging the simple beauty of seminal moments big and small, earth-shattering and mundane, obvious and undetectable, we open our minds to the reality that any moment could be our defining one. Even this next moment, or the next, or the next. And there's no telling where we'll find ourselves on the other side of it. All we can do is resolve to try our best in the here and now, and maybe it will lead us to the opportunity to be the author of a happy ending of our own. I applaud Lynne Rae Perkins for this interesting, thoughtful novel, and look forward to reuniting someday in the pages of another of her books. Until then, since it seems the thing to say when speaking of this book, "Nut to you, my friend...Nuts to us all."
November 21, 2024
“Nuts to You” - written by Lynne Rae Perkins and published in 2014 by Glenwillow Books, HarperCollins. This short middle-grade chapter book follows a group of squirrels whose habitat is threatened by an unknown force. It’s a cute, witty narrative that craftily slides in some positive thoughts - “For a short time, a common enemy dissolves our differences and makes us realize what we share. Until someone gets hungry.” The black and white sketches by the author were charming but a paper copy would have been better viewing than the kindle. Recommended for young readers!
October 26, 2014
Loved, loved, loved this story about squirrels confronted with human civilization and all that that entails. The characters are memorable, the writing exquisite. I just reveled in the squirrels' way of describing human things, such as frozen spider webs for power line towers.
There are all kinds of wonderful lessons for middle grade kids in here - acceptance of differences for one, and the importance of taking risks to help each other out. Red squirrels and gray squirrels start to co-mingle as the power company trims trees around the lines. I liked the relationship between the older worker and the squirrels, as the guy gives them pieces of peanut butter sandwiches, and tries to reassure them that they are not totally destroying their home.
The artwork is beautiful, the additions of questions to ponder and small footnotes explaining the squirrel world or things that a kid might not know were nice touches.
Just a lovely feel good story about friendship that kids can enjoy.
I hope this ends up on the Texas Bluebonnet list next year.
There are all kinds of wonderful lessons for middle grade kids in here - acceptance of differences for one, and the importance of taking risks to help each other out. Red squirrels and gray squirrels start to co-mingle as the power company trims trees around the lines. I liked the relationship between the older worker and the squirrels, as the guy gives them pieces of peanut butter sandwiches, and tries to reassure them that they are not totally destroying their home.
The artwork is beautiful, the additions of questions to ponder and small footnotes explaining the squirrel world or things that a kid might not know were nice touches.
Just a lovely feel good story about friendship that kids can enjoy.
I hope this ends up on the Texas Bluebonnet list next year.
August 23, 2017
I read this book out loud to my 7 year old daughter and we loved it!!! the names and dialect might have been hard for her to figure out on her own but as a read-aloud book it was really fun. I would start reading and she would be muttering the squirrel names over and over enjoying how they sounded on her own tongue. I think even if she read it herself she would figure out how to say the names in her own way and enjoy the creativity of that as well. Maybe it would be harder with the dialect in some parts, but really at this early stage of reading kids read phonetically and that's mostly how it is written so maybe it's harder for adults to figure it out in all its "incorrectness".
The story is fun and unique. I loved the insight into squirrel behaviour... playing games and telling stories and running around being the main parts of their lives. I liked the common greeting "nuts to you". What a quirky little book. We definitely enjoyed it together!
The story is fun and unique. I loved the insight into squirrel behaviour... playing games and telling stories and running around being the main parts of their lives. I liked the common greeting "nuts to you". What a quirky little book. We definitely enjoyed it together!
March 26, 2016
A cute story using squirrels to tell about the encroachment of humans on the trees and forest homes of woodland animals.
August 30, 2016
Yay for One School, One Book! My 8-year-old gives this 4 stars and says it was fun reading together.
March 4, 2021
Squirrels are beset by tragedies both natural and manmade in this harrowing adventure. With echoes of Redwall's animal dialects, this book follows two squirrels on a rescue mission after their friend is snatched by a hawk. This unfortunate circumstance puts the trio on the frontlines of a powerline trimming crew that is hacking down trees straight through their forest home.
On the surface, the adventure is readable, funny, and heartwarming. But there are ample opportunities for further discussion. The issues of helping friends, welcoming outsiders, and the impacts that we have on each other are all present.
Author hails from Michigan.
On the surface, the adventure is readable, funny, and heartwarming. But there are ample opportunities for further discussion. The issues of helping friends, welcoming outsiders, and the impacts that we have on each other are all present.
Author hails from Michigan.
September 30, 2021
This is a cute story about squirrels working together to try and problem solve. I really liked the themes of friendship, community, and caring for trees/nature. I also liked the fun footnotes and the witty voice behind the story. I’m interested to see what kids think of this book when we read it as an all school read-aloud this year.
September 29, 2022
Audio was delightful. Kids were captivated.
April 5, 2025
Really cute. Perfect for a light-hearted read.
November 12, 2025
Fine- my students liked it much more than I did. It didn't leave me with any big feelings but it didn't suck.
June 13, 2018
I did not like this book because I did not like the part when the forest started to get cut down. I enjoyed this book because I like games and they played a game. The game was to get a bunch of nuts from somewhere to another place.
March 6, 2025
3.5 stars for me!! read this with my 6th grade group and it was a HIT! they gave it 5,4, and 2.9 (lol) there only critque was that it was a little too long but overall loved it!
January 17, 2015
Nuts to You tells the story of three squirrel friends on an adventure. Jed the squirrel is snatched up by a hawk, but luckily is able to escape it's clutches. However, he finds that he has landed in an unfamiliar land. In fact, there is something strange going on in the new land that he would like to try to stop. Meanwhile, his two best friends TsTs and Chai, saw Jed get snatched and want to rescue him. They follow the "buzzpaths", or power lines, to get to Jed. But is it too late? What is this strange rumbling in the forest?
This is a story of friendship and silly squirrel puns. I have to admit, this is not my favorite. When I hear that a book will feature squirrels as the main character, I get excited and hope that it will be amazing. But alas, both "Flora & Ulysses" and "Nuts to You" are books that feature squirrels that just don't capture my attention.
One of the worst features of this book are the footnotes- constantly interjecting the story and not in a good way. The author's thoughts seem very haphazard. The squirrel names are bizarre, the author's note/endnote at the beginning and end of the book are just plain unnecessary, and the drawings are just okay. It was like it was trying to be "Flora & Ulysses", right down to the illustrations interspersed within the book, but neither one really told a GOOD story. The squirrel slang "buzzpaths, spiderwebs", etc, were confusing and unnecessary. Do squirrels have to have different names for things? They call nuts "nuts" and trees "trees".
Anyway, I'll recommend it to students who look books with animal main characters or students who like some adventure, but it won't be my first choice.
This is a story of friendship and silly squirrel puns. I have to admit, this is not my favorite. When I hear that a book will feature squirrels as the main character, I get excited and hope that it will be amazing. But alas, both "Flora & Ulysses" and "Nuts to You" are books that feature squirrels that just don't capture my attention.
One of the worst features of this book are the footnotes- constantly interjecting the story and not in a good way. The author's thoughts seem very haphazard. The squirrel names are bizarre, the author's note/endnote at the beginning and end of the book are just plain unnecessary, and the drawings are just okay. It was like it was trying to be "Flora & Ulysses", right down to the illustrations interspersed within the book, but neither one really told a GOOD story. The squirrel slang "buzzpaths, spiderwebs", etc, were confusing and unnecessary. Do squirrels have to have different names for things? They call nuts "nuts" and trees "trees".
Anyway, I'll recommend it to students who look books with animal main characters or students who like some adventure, but it won't be my first choice.
March 26, 2016
I loved this story of friendship and acceptance that also includes a message about how animal habitats and communities are changed and destroyed as we encroach farther into their world in order to sustain and expand ours.
I enjoyed the jokes and the humor and especially loved how all the red squirrels spoke with an Irish brogue. Took me a bit to figure out what they were saying at first, but once I caught on it was great fun.
The story is made even more special by the inclusion of the author's beautiful illustrations every few pages. This is definitely a book you will want to share with kids.
I enjoyed the jokes and the humor and especially loved how all the red squirrels spoke with an Irish brogue. Took me a bit to figure out what they were saying at first, but once I caught on it was great fun.
The story is made even more special by the inclusion of the author's beautiful illustrations every few pages. This is definitely a book you will want to share with kids.
June 7, 2015
This review is for the audiobook.
This is a crazy fun story about the adventures of Jed, a squirrel who is caught by a hawk, but manages to escape from its talons mid-flight, and his friends, TsTs and Chai, who risk everything to go find him and bring him home.
The story is delightful, but the little asides and throwaway jokes are what make it outstanding. Jessica Almasy is a perfect narrator, creating squirrel voices that are quite squirrelly, but not annoying. Her accents for the "foreign" squirrels cracked me up! A perfect listen for a 3-hour car ride.
This is a crazy fun story about the adventures of Jed, a squirrel who is caught by a hawk, but manages to escape from its talons mid-flight, and his friends, TsTs and Chai, who risk everything to go find him and bring him home.
The story is delightful, but the little asides and throwaway jokes are what make it outstanding. Jessica Almasy is a perfect narrator, creating squirrel voices that are quite squirrelly, but not annoying. Her accents for the "foreign" squirrels cracked me up! A perfect listen for a 3-hour car ride.
February 20, 2019
I really like this book, because it is very funny and cute. I also like squirrels and this book is all about them! Their names are Jed, Tsts (pronounced tsk-tsk) and Chai. They are best friends. But when humans threaten to cut down their homes, that's where the real adventure begins. They jump from branch to branch, trying to stop the humans. But can they make it to their home before the humans cut it down?
I think if you like funny fiction, then you should like this book. I would say that the suggested age range for this book is 7-11.
I think if you like funny fiction, then you should like this book. I would say that the suggested age range for this book is 7-11.
October 17, 2014
I went back and forth...3 or 4 stars... I love squirrels and the illustrations and personalities she gives them are awesome but some of the difficult "language" and tricky names might make it tough for the target readers (though I enjoyed them). The epilogue seemed odd. I would recommend it for 4th-6th graders who enjoy animal and friendship stories. You finish the book feeling like the author may very well have conversed with a squirrel while sitting on a bench eating a peanut butter sandwich!
October 12, 2014
The story of a squirrel who escapes danger and the friends who help him save his community from destruction, Nuts to You is a charmer, with clever asides and humorous references to squirrel nature. Occasional dialect might be challenging for its intended young audience (but could be really fun if the story is read aloud by an enthusiastic adult).
June 27, 2016
Great, idiosyncratic story, with some great lessons. Very funny, and the occasional use of squirrel language was engaging. Told with great subtle touches and convincing fantasy. (My seven-year-old asked if this was a true story after seeing the picture of the author and a squirrel on the back coverleaf!)
March 10, 2020
Pretty terrible. If your kid is about 7-9 and loves squirrels it’s an okay “beach book” for them. Lacks any and all depth. Story doesn’t feel very linear or cohesive. Too many characters that are undeveloped. Could have been so much better. Go with Mrs.Frisby instead.
October 15, 2014
I like the humour and the footnotes and I love hearing about life from a squirrel's perspective. They are very insightful. Imagine that!
March 27, 2016
One school, one book assignment. I'll give it 3 stars because my seven year old liked it well enough. Always nice to read together, but not overwhelmed.
December 14, 2016
I rented this book from the librarie, best book ever!!!!!
July 29, 2016
Loved it!
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