How to Keep a Pet Squirrel

‘Kind and gentle care will soon make a young squirrel very friendly and affectionate . . .’ While dipping into a children’s encyclopaedia from 1910, Axel Scheffler came across a small but indispensible guide to procuring and caring for a pet squirrel. Intrigued by this oddity, Axel’s imagination set to work. He created a series of delightful, beautifully finished illustrations to accompany the text. How to Keep a Pet Squirrel is the result – a charming and beguiling curiosity, packed full of wise advice for the adventurous child of a century ago: * Plenty of nuts should be provided. Remember that the squirrel is by its nature a very agile creature, springing from tree to tree. Such an animal is difficult to tame and always likely, when suddenly alarmed, to give our finger a nasty nip with its teeth. * Of course, no child today would be silly enough to capture and keep a wild squirrel.