The Squirrelly Nut Gig
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When Davey Pinetail makes an embarrassing mistake at the school concert, he wants nothing more to do with music or singing. Unfortunately, this is the year his parents are taking Davey and his sister to the Squirrelly Nut Gig, an annual jazz festival. Unable to wriggle out of it, Davey soon finds himself in the middle of an odd but totally hip jazz scene and learns that the mistake he made is actually a talent. A lively romp with colorful characters, The Squirrelly Nut Gig is the cat's meow!
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When I began writing this book, I thought it was going to be a picture book. Nineteen hand-written pages later, I realized a bigger story was unfolding, and I was brave enough to go on the journey. I am so glad I did! I love this story, and more to the point, I still love it! I love inhabiting the delightfully quirky world of the Pinetails, with pine-needlepoint, Grandpa Hickory's stories (Uncle Ned's House is based on a true event), and the madcap Nut Gig. A particularly favorite day of writing was the day I wrote the songs. I was living in California at the time and had the pleasure of sitting pool-side one afternoon while I wrote the lyrics at an umbrella-covered table. That was the berries, and how!
I still enjoy the antics of squirrels, watching them conquering the anti-squirrel bird feeder (as if there is such a thing!), or leaping off our garage roof onto a tree that is just a wee bit further away than they thought.
This is a peachy-keen read for squirrel watchers, kids, or kids at heart!
