Scaredy Squirrel insists that everyone put on No. 65 sunscreen before reading this book." She lists some of the crowds she wouldn't want to be caught in the middle of on the jacket, as well: flocks of ...

It shouldn't surprise readers that Scaredy Squirrel doesn't like, well, surprises. And, as his fifth picture book demonstrates, that includes birthday party surprises, even when it's his birthday.

It's an indication of how well Watt (Leon the Chameleon) knows her helicopter-parented audience that she's able to turn the phrase "antibacterial soap" into a bona fide punchline. Fearing attack by ...