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!

Leschnikoff, Nancy

Nancy Leschnikoff is an illustrator-designer based just outside of London in Kent. Growing up with her father who was also a professional illustrator, Nancy learned early on that doodling (all the time!) was her thing. She went on to study design and illustration at Nottingham Trent University, which led immediately to design studio work followed by 15 years as a children's book designer at Usborne Publishing.

Her hand-drawn digital style, confident layout and typography skills, and bold approach to color have led to a variety of work in publishing and other design genres such as licensing, advertising, branding and packaging. She has a quirky sense of humor that translates into her art, and she loves to work on projects that make children giggle.

Gold, Tracy

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.