A sweet, adorable, creative and whimsical book by the author of Corduroy. This less well-known book is drawn in a slightly different style from Corduroy, demonstrating the author's versatile skills, but the characters and story are just as endearing, if not more so to me. Did I say how much I love it? I do I do.

Wonderful kid's book recovered from the unpublished works of Freeman; the scratchboard art is marvelously done, and only uses red to accentuate Earl's scarf and an angry bull's eyes (even if the red cloth is a myth to antagonize them). Great message for kids to get out and get things done for themselves, even if Earl's attempt is a bit dangerous in getting dinner.

Earl is learning what it means to be spoiled. I would use this book in my classroom to build community. It would also be a nice book for parents to use if they are encountering problems similar at home.

Cute. I guess this was "rediscovered" after Freeman died and published for the first time. I had never read it before. It is not as good as my favorite Freeman book (Dandilion), but it is a sweet children's book.

Amazingly, Don Freeman could not get this published during his lifetime. He had done a full set of scratchboard illustrations (the wonderful ones that ended up in the book). In 1978, he died. In 2002, his son Roy accidentally sent one of the illustrations to the University of Minnesota archive that held his papers. A curator asked him what book the illustration belonged to, and they discovered that "Earl the Squirrel" had never been published. The full set of illustrations was in storage in Swit...

The gift of a small red scarf leads to all sorts of adventures for Earl.

I think my tattoo will be the page where Earl's ears are cold and he covers up his head with his red scarf.

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I love the illustrations in this book. At one point Earl wraps his scarf around his head like a babushka and I almost died from a cuteness overload.

Yet another winner by Don Freeman. I loved both the story and the illustrations. 🐿️ 🐿️ 🐿️ 🐿️

3.5Growing up and learning from experiences.Conrad and Ferdinand are both bulls who like to sleep under trees, but that's where the similarity ends.I wonder what the kids will think of this story. I wonder if I would have liked it as a child.

I stumbled upon this delightful book last fall when I was looking for a book to send to preschool with my little girl. My first impression was absolute delight and the book has never disappointed. Don Freeman is also the author of Corduroy, which may give you a feeling for the kind of book you might expect. Something that is delightful, tender, engaging and imaginative.In this book, Earl the Squirrel hopes to make his mother proud by going out into the world to find acorns. Adorned with a red sc...

Earl is a young squirrel who hasn't quite mastered the art of finding his own acorns. His mother is afraid he's getting spoiled by the little girl who leaves him nuts and even gives him a scarf. So Earl ventures out to get his own acorns, and inadvertently gets a bull rather angry with his scarf. Happily, things work out. He learns how to get his own acorns, and decides to return the scarf to the little girl.Of course, I've been familiar with Don Freeman's other books about Corduroy since I was

You know you have a good one where there are lots of gasps and moments to laugh out loud. This is a simple story, but my students loved it!I grabbed it when I saw it at the library because the author also wrote Cordoroy, a story that they read and love in grade 2 in our school. This one is equally loved. They loved that the squirrel has a friend (and her name is Jill!). They liked the mom's grumpiness. They LOVED The bull named Conrad. They totally predicted that the bull would get upset about t...

In this squirrel coming of age story Earl's mom tells him it's time to venture out and find his own acorn. At the same time his human friend gives him an acorn and a nut cracker (and later a red scarf). His mother is not pleased with this at all. She calls him spoiled and tells him he has to behave like a squirrel! Earl is sweet and crafty and not a bit petulant with his bossy mother. My 4 year old loves this book so much I found it in his bed the next morning along with the cup of acorns he's b...

Earl is a child squirrel that his mama says is time he goes out to find his own acorns. But instead he goes to the house and a little girl in the window gives him the nuts. Later the little girl gives him a red scarf she thinks will help him stay warm. But his mama says he certainly is spoiled and that he needs to go find his own nuts. So he does go out to make his mama happy. With the red scarf it helps him get the nuts he needs and at the end of the book he takes the scarf back and leaves it w...

The pictures are wonderfully cute and the story is about a little squirrel that learns how to do something on his own without any help. Ages 3+#fallbooks #autumnbooks**Like my reviews? I also have hundreds of detailed reports that I offer too. These reports give a complete break-down of everything in the book, so you'll know just how clean it is or isn't. I also have Clean Guides (downloadable PDFs) which enable you to clean up your book before reading it! Visit my website: The Book Radar.

Earl the Squirrel is a lesser known picture book from Don Freeman (author of Corduroy) so it was wonderful "discovering" it on our shelves!It may just be the BEST book we have in the store not just because of the main character sharing my name but it truly is a fun adventure story about friendship, being independent and resourceful, and proving oneself!!!The black and white with striking red drawings really stand out!

The book is illustrated in only black, white and a touch of red, making for interesting pictures. The story is about a squirrel who has a human friend that gives him gifts that his mother believes are not befitting a squirrel. Earl decides to prove that he is a worthy squirrel by collecting acorns, anyway. This story has a nice flow and I would use it to teach about seasonal needs of animals and their habits.

This should actually have 4.5 stars for the talent that went into the illustrations. I thought this story was cute. Earl is a young squirrel and his mother thinks it's high time for him to be acting like a proper squirrel who goes to gather nuts and not rely on his human friend. So begins his journey that will end in a somewhat humorous way as the squirrel comes into his own. I read this with my younger two (5 and 4) and we were highly entertained by the story and pulled into the illustrations.