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madhamster's review against another edition
4.0
Cute and educational - with lots of squirrely facts!
ashleyaewert's review
2.0
Pearl is an inventive and determined little girl. She aims to build a bird feeder that will outsmart a squirrel. Once she learns that the squirrel taking all the peanuts is a mother and she has babies, Pearl joins the effort in teaching the babies how to climb, swing, scamper for the nuts.
readingthroughtheages's review
4.0
Oh, we need this for our school library! We have a beautiful bird feeder in our outdoor classroom and it feeds way more squirrels than birds!
panda_incognito's review
2.0
The concept of this book is fun and will be relatable for many people, but the text is uneven. There are great vocabulary words here, but they often feel forced, and the rhythm is very inconsistent. Then, the girl solves her problem by discovering that the squirrel is a girl. She feels a sense of sisterhood, is impressed by the female squirrel's ingenuity, and provides food for the squirrel because of her gender. It's supposed to be a story of women supporting women, I guess, but the story implies that if it had been a dad squirrel trying to feed his kids, then the girl wouldn't have cared.
fernandie's review against another edition
3.0
Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
tmjunebug's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
bezoar's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book out loud to two small mixed-age groups students in elementary school. The younger students weren't as engaged with this story. I think some of that is because of the vocabulary. Students who know how to use context clues and look at the pictures to find out what's going on in the story have an easier time with words they don't know, but students who did not have those skills weren't as engaged.
I liked the way Pearl invents different ways to keep the squirrel from eating the peanuts, but the "reveal" that the squirrel was a girl felt a bit weird to me. The gender of the squirrel hadn't been a part of the story up until that point. To me the more important information was that the squirrel was a mother and was getting the peanuts for her babies. I would have done those two pages differently, but other than that I liked this book!
I liked the way Pearl invents different ways to keep the squirrel from eating the peanuts, but the "reveal" that the squirrel was a girl felt a bit weird to me. The gender of the squirrel hadn't been a part of the story up until that point. To me the more important information was that the squirrel was a mother and was getting the peanuts for her babies. I would have done those two pages differently, but other than that I liked this book!