If you're looking for a serious book about squirrels, then stop right now. You're in the wrong place. If, however, you have had the following squirrel-related incidents happen to you - as I have - then this book is likely right up your alley:
- Driven over a squirrel's foot (accidentally!), had it stop, look you right in the eye and let out a tiny offended squirrel scream.
- Walked to work, had a squirrel run down a tree, straight up your leg and then run off like nothing unusual just happened.
- Opened your front door, walked to the kitchen to put something down only to see a squirrel sitting on a bookshelf like that's a perfectly good spot for a squirrel to hang out.
- Had that same squirrel suddenly mobilize, running around and over and under and on top of your computer desk, your kitchen table, your bookshelves, your chairs, eating your food, shitting on your belongings, eating a tunnel through your wall, biting straight through that patched up hole a day later, going outside and bragging to another random squirrel thus encouraging them to replicate this same routine him/herself a few days later.
- Tried to fall asleep and/or been woken up to the sound of scratching/squeaking/scampering in your ceiling as a squad of squirrels is partying it up without even pausing to consider covering their part of the rent.
A Really Super Book About Squirrels features a man who really tries to understand a squirrel that hangs out around his house. He asks it questions, tries to get to know its quirks, tries to befriend it, then (spoiler alert!) realizes that perhaps there are simply not enough common traits between humans and squirrels to form a solid friendship.
I'm going to be gifting this aptly-named book to some friends who will also deeply appreciate a quirky squirrel book. Because, in my opinion, quirky squirrel books are the best kind of squirrel books there are.
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