Squirrel Has Trouble Saying No

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Author(s)

Susanna Isern

Co-Authors / Illustrators

Leire Salaberria

Publisher Name

NubeOcho

Genre(s)

Age Range

Release Date

April 18, 2023

ISBN13

978-8419253194

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Always pleasing others can sometimes have a cost. After Raccoon Wants To Be First and Fox Tells a Lie, comes Squirrel Has Trouble Saying No a book about learning to be assertive.

It is Bear’s birthday tomorrow and Squirrel would like to prepare some delicious blueberry cookies for him. With just enough time to make them, she is about to set off to gather the blueberries from the forest when Fox arrives needing her help, followed by Duck and Doe too!

When she finishes doing favors for all her friends, it is already night time and she still needs to gather the blueberries! With the light of the moon, she enters the forest, but by morning, she is still not back and her friends begin to worry. What has happened to Squirrel?

A thoughtful story about your finding your voice and learning to say no.

Editor review

1 review

A story with a lesson

June 20, 2023 (Updated: June 12, 2026)

Overall rating

3.8

Plot

4.0

Characters

3.0

Writing Style

3.0

Illustrations/Photos (if applicable)

5.0

Squirrel is a thoughtful friend. The evidence of this is abundant when she wants to make blueberry cookies for her friend Bear's birthday and gets delayed by friends that need her help. As Squirrel was willing to help her other friends, she must now go at night to pick the blueberries because they are fairly far away. When Squirrel is not home in the morning her friends go out in the woods to search for her. In the end, Squirrel makes delicious cookies to celebrate Bear's birthday and learns how to say no to her friends.

Squirrel Has Trouble Saying No is a great book to read to school-age children to teach them about setting boundaries and saying no to friends. This book is illustrated by the talented Leire Salaberria, and I adore the beautiful illustrations. From the sweet animals to the enchanting woodland scenes I was drawn into Salaberria's art style.