
Written & illustrated by Melanie Watt
Part of the Scaredy Squirrel series
A sleepless squirrel's dreams are about to come true. Can he survive the night?
Scaredy Squirrel never sleeps, fearing nightmares of dragons and ghosts. His plan? Stay awake forever. But when a horoscope warns his dreams will come true, Scaredy must face his fears. Armed with a fire extinguisher and a fan, he prepares for the worst. As exhaustion looms, will he conquer his nightmares or find sweet dreams? This whimsical tale explores a universal fear of the dark, offering a lighthearted bedtime adventure for young readers.
Scaredy never sleeps — sleep might mean bad dreams about dragons, ghosts, vampire bats and polka-dot monsters. Our wide-eyed hero has a plan: stay awake all night, every night. Between counting stars, playing cymbals and making scrapbooks, he does a good job of avoiding dreamland.With exhaustion taking its toll, Scaredy comes face-to-face with an alarming horoscope prediction: All his dreams are about to come true!He must prepare for the worst and his Bad Dream Action Plan includes a fire extinguisher to snuff out dragons and a fan to blast away ghosts. But when disaster strikes, will Scaredy survive this ordeal? Will he thank his lucky stars? Will he find sweet dreams? Scaredy Squirrel at Night tackles a fear everyone — and especially the young — can relate to. It’s a bedtime story to make light of kids’ fear of the dark and a fable for our sleep-deprived society.
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