An adorable rhyming book with educational nonfiction elements woven in. Perfect for homes, classrooms, and libraries!

Follow along as one squirrel hides seeds, nuts, and berries that her neighbors will seek later! Scientific back matter about squirrel hoarding and different types of squirrels from around the world included.

Brrrrr! It's getting colder now.

My coat begins to grow.

Time to start my winter stash

Before the freezing snow!

All my friends like stealing food,

Which isn't very kind.

I'll be smart and hide a ton

For us to seek and find.

Sniff! I find some acorns. Yum!

I stash them in the ground.

Next, come spinning maple seeds.

I pounce. I leap. I bound!

Tracy C. Gold loves writing books that celebrate sweet moments in family life and the natural world. Her past books include "Everyone's Sleepy but the Baby" from Familius, and "Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat" from Sourcebooks. She also publishes essays, short stories, and poems. Tracy earned her MFA at the University of Baltimore and her bachelors in English from Duke University. She is the Published and Listed Member coordinator for the MD/DE/WV region of SCBWI. When Tracy is not writing or editing, she's playing with her daughter, riding horses, or enjoying gardening at her home in Baltimore, MD.