Squirrel and John Muir

Floy Hutchings lived in Yosemite all her life, and was a tomboy as a little girl, earning her the nickname Squirrel. Her father opened the first hotel in Yosemite and was leading guided tours in 1868, when he hired John Muir--who later became a renowned naturalist and went on to found the Sierra Club--as a sawyer and carpenter. Muir befriends Floy and teaches her about the subtleties of her natural surroundings, from the leaf-chewing ants on the ground to the most spectacular views in the mountains. Author Emily Arnold McCully`s wondrous full-color watercolors expressively enhance her text. The reader is surprised to find photographs of Floy and Muir in a detailed Author`s Note at the end, and can later read more about the characters in books by both John Muir and John Hutchings, and in books about Muir. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.