Squizzy the Black Squirrel: A Fabulous Fable of Friendship

by Chuck Stone

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0940880717
• ISBN13: 9780940880719
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Open Hand Pub.
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A children's picturebook with a deeper message

Written by Black civil rights activist and journalist Chuck Stone, Squizzy The Black Squirrel: A Fabulous Fable Of Friendship is a children's picturebook with a deeper message. When a seven-year-old boy makes friends with the only black squirrel in Fairmount Park, he learns that relying on color to describe oneself or one's friends makes no sense. Enhanced withthe artwork of Jeannie Jackson, Squizzy The Black Squirrel is a powerful parable for young readers ages 5 to 9 about embracing the virtue of open-mindedness.

An important lesson

I bought Squizzy the Black Squirrel for my 8-year-old niece. She and I both loved reading it together and turning the pages. The illustrations are beautiful, rich with color. The book and its lesson of acceptance and diversity actually caused my niece and I to have a "big people" talk as she calls it. She told me how there was a student in her class that was "different" and the other kids made fun of him. After reading the book and having this "big people" talk, she told me that she was going to make friends with this "different" student and make sure the kids didn't pick on him again. I was so proud of my niece and thankful we had read this book. I absolutely recommend that every parent, teacher, aunt and uncle get this for the young person in his/her life.