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    Squirrel Needs a Break

    Author Kristen Remenar
    Illustrated by Matt Faulkner
    Hardcover
    $17.99 US
    Charlesbridge
    11.44"W x 8.81"H x 0.39"D   | 17 oz | 30 per carton
    On sale May 07, 2024 | 32 Pages | 9781623543709
    Age 4-7 years | Preschool - 2
    Reading Level: Lexile AD450L | Fountas & Pinnell L
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    Every parent needs a break sometimes! Single parent Squirrel learns to lean on friends in this heartwarming and funny picture book about family and community.

    Squirrel is at his wits' end after a long winter inside with his kits. His friends--the other woodland creatures--decide to work together to give him a much-deserved break. They hatch a plan to take turns helping Squirrel relax while they entertain the kits. Squirrel enjoys a day of self care, as the kits play, bake, and do fun activities with the other animals. It doesn't take long for Squirrel's friends to realize just how hard he works each day.

    Full of humor, this book embodies the message that it takes a village--or, in this case, a forest--to raise a family!
    Kristen Remenar is a children's librarian, writer, teacher, and national speaker on literacy. She is married to author/illustrator Matt Faulkner. She is the author of Groundhog's Dilemma.

    Award-winning children's book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner has illustrated twenty-nine books and written and illustrated seven more since he began his career back in 1985, including Groundhog's Dilemma, Thank You, Sarah, Gaijin: An American Prisoner of War, and Because I Could Not Stop My Bike. Matt is married to author and librarian Kristen Remenar. www.mattfaulkner.com
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    Every parent needs a break sometimes! Single parent Squirrel learns to lean on friends in this heartwarming and funny picture book about family and community.

    Squirrel is at his wits' end after a long winter inside with his kits. His friends--the other woodland creatures--decide to work together to give him a much-deserved break. They hatch a plan to take turns helping Squirrel relax while they entertain the kits. Squirrel enjoys a day of self care, as the kits play, bake, and do fun activities with the other animals. It doesn't take long for Squirrel's friends to realize just how hard he works each day.

    Full of humor, this book embodies the message that it takes a village--or, in this case, a forest--to raise a family!

    Author

    Kristen Remenar is a children's librarian, writer, teacher, and national speaker on literacy. She is married to author/illustrator Matt Faulkner. She is the author of Groundhog's Dilemma.

    Award-winning children's book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner has illustrated twenty-nine books and written and illustrated seven more since he began his career back in 1985, including Groundhog's Dilemma, Thank You, Sarah, Gaijin: An American Prisoner of War, and Because I Could Not Stop My Bike. Matt is married to author and librarian Kristen Remenar. www.mattfaulkner.com
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