Better Together!
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From Good Morning America anchor Amy Robach and her husband, actor Andrew Shue comes a sweet tale about finding common ground and accepting and appreciating each others' differences.
When a big thunderstorm shakes their woodland home, the Squirrelly family must flee their nest for a hollow in an oak tree. To their surprise, the McMunk family had the exact same idea. This family of squirrels and a family of chipmunks must find ways to live together--which isn't always easy since they come from different backgrounds. But after some important lessons in compromise, the Squirrellys and the McMunks realize that life is better together as the McSquirrelies.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two single-parent animal families discover they're "better together" in this interspecies tale, inspired by celebrity couple Robach and Shue's experiences as a blended family. When Mr. McMunk and his two chipmunk children are blown from their burrow during a storm, they head to a hollow tree, where they discover that Mrs. Squirrelly and her squirrel young have similarly taken refuge. The youths initially appreciate having extra playmates, but as the storm—and the cramped shared space—persist, too much "grumping" results in the families separating to opposite sides of the hollow. Predictably, once they all arrive home, the families miss the camaraderie and head back to the hollow, where the sixsome become a single family: the McSquirrelies. Wen's digital art is layered with scanned mixed-media textures, which work well to visualize the book's crisp autumn forest scenes—and the simple story's emphasis on getting along. Ages 3–7.
