Those Darn Squirrels and the Cat Next Door

Last updated Sunday, December 15, 2024

Author: Adam Rubin
Illustrator: Daniel Salmieri
Date of Publication: 2011
ISBN: 0547429223
Grade Level: 2nd    (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Jan. 2025

Synopsis: All is calm in old man Fookwire's yard until new neighbors - Little Old Lady Hu and her cat, Muffins - move in next door. Muffins is one mean dude! He terrorizes the birds, interrupts Fookwire's painting, and ties the squirrels' tails together.

Fookwire is upset, but not nearly as upset as the squirrels, who devise an ingenious plan to stop Muffins cold.

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