Merle the Squirrel and Monk the Punk by Charles T. Adkins, Ros Webb (Illustrator); 2019. Hardcover. (Ch-PIC)

A fable teaching that a nut saved is a nut earned. Merle was the queen and wise leader of the squirrel scurry. Monk, the youngest squirrel, loved to play games and simply would not help the other squirrels prepare for the winter. Monk has to learn a life lesson the hard way but, in the end, learns what preparing for the future is all about.