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Author Pat Taylor as Aunt Boo

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Pat Taylor as Aunt Boo
Author Pat Taylor as Aunt Boo reading to children

Author Pat Eytcheson Taylor has brought a new perspective to reading to elementary school children with fun and laughter. She is both the author and a character—Aunt Boo—in her books.

Pat Taylor has a knack for communicating with animals, and, in turn, they share their stories with her. The entertaining stories are beautifully illustrated.

Throughout the Christmas holidays, her first book in her  series about a squirrel, Scamper with the Peanut Butter Feet, became extremely popular across Texas. Aunt Boo teaches Scamper, the mischievous squirrel, a good lesson.

The second book in the series, Hide and Seek with Scamper, has just been released and is already proving to be another winner. Two more Scamper books will follow in the spring.

The books are available at the Twig Bookshop in San Antonio, Read All about It in Boerne, and Hastings Book Store in Kerrville, as well as Barnes and Noble and Borders and Amazon.com.

Of course, you can also order the books right here directly from the author and get them autographed as well.

Scamper with the Peanut Butter Feet

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Scamper with the Peanut Butter FeetScamper was a big gray squirrel who lived in Aunt Boo’s yard. His greatest enjoyment came from annoying her. He helped himself to the best fruits from her prize orchard, took the biggest nuts from her pecan trees, and ate the golden cornbread she baked for the birds. Scamper made a general nuisance of himself, while constantly dreaming of being king of the backyard. Aunt Boo thought and thought about how she could get even and teach Scamper a lesson at the same time. Her unique, yet simple, solution would teach Scamper to be satisfied with what he had.

The Scamper books are illustrated by Nancy Garnett Peterson, and here’s an example of her wonderful work from this book, with an excerpt from the page:

Illustration from "Scamper with the Peanut Butter Feet"

Aunt Boo was in deep thought. How was she going to keep Scamper away from the cornbread she baked for the birds? She thought and thought as she laid the cornbread in the bird feeder. She didn’t know that Scamper, with his eyes as big as saucers, was in the treetop watching her every move.

The list price of the book is $15.00, but you can order directly from the publisher at the discounted price of $12.00.

Order Scamper With the Peanut Butter Feet