Donut Feed the Squirrels

(A Graphic Novel)

Author Mika Song
Ebook
On sale Sep 29, 2020 | 112 Pages | 9781984895844
Preschool - 3
Reading Level: Lexile GN340L | Fountas & Pinnell L
Two squirrel best friends meet their match: a donut food truck! This Eisner-nominated hilarious young graphic novel is perfect for fans of Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea and anyone who would do ANYTHING for a donut.

Norma and Belly would really really really really really like a donut.

With a burned breakfast and a cranky donut seller at the local food truck, they may be stuck with only nuts to eat . . . unless they can steal the biggest, most delicious donut of their tiny lives!

Mika Song gives readers something to laugh at as these squirrels try their hardest to get some donuts while just about everything goes wrong. A fun "donut caper" graphic novel that focuses on madcap action, problem-solving, and the power of working together.
 
 
"I'm nuts for these sweet and silly squirrels." -- Ben Clanton, author of Narwhal and Jelly
© Jae H Song
MIKA SONG is a children's writer and illustrator who likes to make stories about sweetly funny outsiders. She grew up in Manila, Philippines and Honolulu, Hawaii before moving to New York to study animation at Pratt Institute. She worked in children's educational animation before devoting herself to writing and illustrating children's books. These days she draws in her tiny apartment in Chinatown and volunteers as a Reading Partners tutor with upper elementary kids. View titles by Mika Song

Educator Guide for Donut Feed the Squirrels

Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

  • HONOR | 2021
    Gryphon Award
  • SELECTION | 2020
    Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
  • SELECTION | 2020
    Chicago Public Library Best Books
"Their antics are divided into five short chapters that young readers can read with confidence, and the sweet ending unquestionably satisfies.” —Booklist, starred review

"Two problem-solving squirrels stage a successful doughnut heist in this amusing start to a graphic novel series for emerging readers." —Shelf Awareness, starred review

“Drawing with graceful ink lines and colored wash, Song capitalizes on comic moments.... Norma and Belly are never snarky; instead, they present a consistent mix of enterprise, wit, and cheer.” —Publishers Weekly

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Two squirrel best friends meet their match: a donut food truck! This Eisner-nominated hilarious young graphic novel is perfect for fans of Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea and anyone who would do ANYTHING for a donut.

Norma and Belly would really really really really really like a donut.

With a burned breakfast and a cranky donut seller at the local food truck, they may be stuck with only nuts to eat . . . unless they can steal the biggest, most delicious donut of their tiny lives!

Mika Song gives readers something to laugh at as these squirrels try their hardest to get some donuts while just about everything goes wrong. A fun "donut caper" graphic novel that focuses on madcap action, problem-solving, and the power of working together.
 
 
"I'm nuts for these sweet and silly squirrels." -- Ben Clanton, author of Narwhal and Jelly

Author

© Jae H Song
MIKA SONG is a children's writer and illustrator who likes to make stories about sweetly funny outsiders. She grew up in Manila, Philippines and Honolulu, Hawaii before moving to New York to study animation at Pratt Institute. She worked in children's educational animation before devoting herself to writing and illustrating children's books. These days she draws in her tiny apartment in Chinatown and volunteers as a Reading Partners tutor with upper elementary kids. View titles by Mika Song

Guides

Educator Guide for Donut Feed the Squirrels

Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

(Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

Awards

  • HONOR | 2021
    Gryphon Award
  • SELECTION | 2020
    Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
  • SELECTION | 2020
    Chicago Public Library Best Books

Praise

"Their antics are divided into five short chapters that young readers can read with confidence, and the sweet ending unquestionably satisfies.” —Booklist, starred review

"Two problem-solving squirrels stage a successful doughnut heist in this amusing start to a graphic novel series for emerging readers." —Shelf Awareness, starred review

“Drawing with graceful ink lines and colored wash, Song capitalizes on comic moments.... Norma and Belly are never snarky; instead, they present a consistent mix of enterprise, wit, and cheer.” —Publishers Weekly

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