Whimsical and charming tale about the dreams of Tommy the Squirrel. After Tommy sees a human family happily camping, fishing eating, and riding bicycles, he suddenly decides that he wants to be a human. He sets about watching them and practicing all the things he sees them do. www.tommythesquirrel.com
Karen L. West is a children’s author who has a case of wanderlust and likes to photograph new locations. The idea for Tommy The Squirrel was born when she was on one of her trips and a curious squirrel jumped onto her bicycle seat to eat a peanut. Although this is her first book, she promises several other Tommy The Squirrel editions. Karen currently lives in Indianapolis with her cat, Mocha. She also enjoys kayaking, camping, cross country skiing and is an avid reader.
He dreamed of racing his own bicycle through the park with all the children riding behind him trying to keep up. Instead of living in a tree in the park, Tommy dreamed he had his own tent and camped all around the world. Stopping to see sights and having fun where ever he wanted to. As he dreamed, his imagination created a wonderful human world, where he could teach other animals how to be human. Why, even other humans would come to Tommy for advice.