Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear [Hardcover]

Ken Kesey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books (September 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0318636794
• ISBN-13: 978-0318636795
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,559,429 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Ken Kesey was born in Colorado in 1935. He founded the Merry Pranksters in the sixties and became a cult hero, a phenomenon documented by Tom Wolfe in his book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. He died in 2001.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely perfect, January 14, 2000

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Helena Jole (Washington state) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear (Picture Puffins Series) (Paperback)

The illustrations are drop-dead gorgeous but the story really steals the show. My husband and I are always quoting from this one--"and then I'm gonna DRINK SOME BUTTERMILK!" I love the dialect and the wonderful similies ("like an elevator up a greasy groove"). Can't wait to have kids so I can read it to them.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Read-aloud Pizzazz well received by 3rd Grade class, June 2, 2003

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Friend to Flickers (North Bend, Oregon United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear (Hardcover)

Looking for a smart, funny, verbal frenzy to delight school-age audiences? This one is a MUST DO! Reading it with carte blanche playfulness a la "Southrin' Stah-yle" you will have as much FUN reading this one aloud as any of your listeners. Don't forget to glance up now and then to see all the twinkling eyes. I read this two years ago and maybe stunned the 1st graders into silence with the roaring of the bear but the 3rd grade today quickly piped in the chorus of "...EAT...YOU... UP!!" (heavy emphasis on the "puh!") Dare I say more fun than sharing the stories of Brer' Rabbit? Same vein, but updated/smarter/slicker with Kesey's savvy vocabulary. (4.9 AR level - or, "fourth grade, ninth month" for independent readers). Anyone who loves language, acting, humorous moral tales will LOVE this one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great read-aloud!, November 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear (Picture Puffins Series) (Paperback)

I loved reading this book to kids in the library. It has tons of great adjectives. It's full of fun and keeps kids guessing as to 'what will happen next?' I want to own this book!