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Reviewed by Marie-Hélène Fasquel for Readers' Favorite
The Adventurous Squirrels of Cool Waters Cove by Steven Whysel is divinely illustrated by Quinn Chavez. This short picture book for children aged 2 to 8 years old is both entertaining and engaging. It is made up of two chapters displaying all the regular daily life activities of very young children (going to bed, eating, having one’s best meal prepared by one’s loving mum, putting on clothes, sleeping, and so on) while portraying the adventures of a delightful squirrel family.
Indeed, The Adventurous Squirrels of Cool Waters Cove is a special treat for children as well as their parents, grandparents, or teachers, embarking with us on the squirrel family feats in Poppy’s amazing animal circus, highlighting all the fun of daily life activities or even chores with a twist. Everything the two little squirrels and their parents do is actually both quite foreign to what children experience and extremely similar to their daily lives. This is what I really loved about this appealing fable: what you see is not exactly everything there is. You need to dig deeper to understand the message of the author: enjoy your lives, however boring they might seem, because keeping the sense of wonder that young children inherently have is vital (especially nowadays in these times of crisis). I am certain that children will cheer loudly (as the characters did in the story) when they read this sweet and captivating story. I recommend it without hesitation and will translate it for my two grandsons!
