A review by onceuponacarm
Nuts to You by Lynne Rae Perkins

4.0

Perkins takes readers inside the minds and culture of squirrels. I loved seeing the world from their perspective and the narrative style. The plot was fairly simple from a human point of view (squirrel gets lost, friends go to find him, squirrels discover a threat to their homes and race home to warn everyone), but it was presented as the life-or-death, world-changing turn of events that it was for this colony of squirrels. I loved the characters, especially TsTs and Tchke. What a fun story! It would make a great classroom read aloud for 2nd-4th grade (with opportunities to talk about the environment, how our choices impact others, and seeing the world from another perspective/empathy for other beings). Plus it's funny and fun to figure out the squirrelish terms for human objects.