Chester's Back!

As much as we loved the first book, I think the second may be even funnier! The dialog in this book has Andrew laughing hysterically each time we read it.

This time, Chester is supposed to be the hero of a fairytale but as usual, seems to think he can tell the story better. Armed with his red marker and a feisty attitude, Chester attempts to make his voice heard.

Not one to put up with such nonsense, Melanie Watt decides to fire Chester and hold a casting call for a new Chester. You can imagine his reaction to that. Before long he's calling the shots again - but who's going to have the last word? Grab a copy and find out!

Chester

If you've been reading my blog, you must know by now what a fan I am of Melanie Watt. I'm referencing the Scaredy Squirrel books here - a must read. l just love Ms. Watt's sense of humor. She's someone I could really get along with.

But on to the story! Chester is a cat who fully believes he's in charge of his owner (Melanie) and is less than thrilled to find that she's writing a story about a mouse rather than him. So Chester does what any self-respecting cat would do; he rewrites the story using his big read marker.

Of course, Melanie isn't about to be pushed around by Chester and she makes every attempt to reclaim her story.

Filled with hilarious illustrations and clever banter between both authors, this quickly became one of Andrew's favorite books. Luckily, there are two more Chester books out there. He doesn't know about the third one yet, because I just found out about it myself. His birthday is coming up, so I think all three Chester books will be finding their way to our house very soon.

Scaredy Squirrel at Night

In this book, Scaredy Squirrel takes up scrapbooking and cymbal playing in order to avoid the fairies and polka-dot monsters that are sure to haunt his dreams.

Everything is going according to plan, until one night when he happens to read his horoscope - apparently, all his dreams will come true at midnight. Scaredy quickly puts together a 'Bad Dream Action Plan' and counts down to midnight, but once again - things don't turn out the way he thought.

My kids love Scaredy Squirrel! Andrew has nearly memorized this one and he 'reads' it to his little brother. It's pretty cute :)

Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend

On the inside cover it reads, "I don't have a friend. It's way too dangerous. I could get bitten." This poor squirrel - nothing ever goes according to his incredibly detailed plans. But you can't blame him for trying - after all, the world is full of potential biters.

Out of all the Scaredy Squirrel books, this one has to be my favorite!

Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach

After we read the first Scaredy Squirrel book about a hundred times and still found it side-splitingly funny, Chris suggested I look for more books by Melanie Watt. Who knew that she had more Scaredy Squirrel books?!

I love that he's afraid of tribes of jellyfish and packs of pirates - definitely good reasons to stay away from the beach!

This ultra-organized, extremely OCD and anti-social squirrel makes me laugh through each of his adventures.

Scaredy Squirrel

We recently discovered this book at our library and it is laugh out loud funny! A hilarious story is my favorite kind of children's book :)

This poor squirrel is afraid of all kinds of things, including, but not limited to, spiders, germs and aliens. He refuses to leave his tree and his days follow a strict schedule that never changes. That is, until he accidentally falls out of his tree.

We love it so much I may just have to head over to Borders and pick up a copy - it's definitely a family favorite :)