This is one of a series that focuses on animals found within the UK. Each book examines an individual animal, explaining what that animal looks like, where it lives, what type of home it lives in, what it eats, mating, young and growing up. The series' introduces readers to the issues of endangerment and conservation. A map shows the distribution of the animal throughout the UK. This volume explores the squirrel, an animal regarded as being cute by some and vermin by others. Why do squirrels hide some of their food? What is a drey? Why are there more grey squirrels than red in Britain? These questions and many others are answered in this book.

 

This book is part of a book series called Wild Britain S. -Animals .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Pearson Education Limited .

The author, Louise Spilsbury, has written many books for children on a wide range of subjects. Louise Spilsbury, has written many books for children on a wide range of subjects.