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Scaredy Squirrel Prepares For Halloween (2013).

Scaredy Squirrel Has a Birthday Party (2011).

Awards and honours įive of Watt's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Leon the Chameleon (2001), Scaredy Squirrel (2006), Scaredy Squirrel Makes a Friend (2007), Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach (2008), and Scaredy Squirrel at Night (2009). One of her inspirations is children's book author Mo Willems. In 1999, while enrolled in an illustration class taught by Michele Lemieux, Watt wrote her first story, Leon the Chameleon. She received a BA in graphic design from the Université du Québec à Montréal. The Scaredy Squirrel series is influenced by Watt's childhood experiences, including her childhood fear of sharks. Biography Īs a child, Mélanie Watt enjoyed drawing the comic strip character Garfield. Īs of 2012, she has sold over two million books that have been translated into 23 languages. The Chester book received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Melanie Watt's other major picture book series is Chester, which is about a cat named Chester who competes with Watt for the chance to write and illustrate his books. She is best known for Scaredy Squirrel, which won the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and was published in French as Frisson l'écureuil. Mélanie Watt (born Augin Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian children's author and illustrator.