Project Gutenberg 2018-02-06 Public domain in the USA. 178 Barnum, Richard Tooker, Harriet H. Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel: Her Many Adventures Kneetime animal stories E-text prepared by Donald Cummings and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Slicko, the Jumping Squirrel: Her Many Adventures" by Richard Barnum is a children's fiction book written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Slicko, a little gray squirrel who learns to jump and faces various challenges in the woods, especially when she encounters dangers such as hunters and their dogs. As she navigates her adventures, she meets other animals like Squinty the pig and Tum Tum the elephant, all while learning valuable lessons about survival and friendship. The opening of the book introduces readers to the squirrel family living in a tree, focusing on Slicko, the curious and brave girl squirrel. After her mother sees a hunter nearby, the family teaches their children how to jump for safety. Slicko's initial lessons in jumping set the stage for her adventures, including a meeting with Squinty the pig while searching for food. The narrative captures the excitement of a young animal learning to thrive in a complex world, filled with both friends and potential threats. Throughout this opening portion, themes of courage and self-reliance are established as key elements of Slicko's character development. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 91.4 (5th grade). Very easy to read. en Squirrels -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Children & Young Adult Reading Category: Adventure 180187 2025-06-22T13:16:57.856435 text/html 180181 2018-02-06T13:51:58 text/html 1041448 2025-06-22T13:17:02.574396 application/epub+zip 1038908 2025-06-22T13:16:58.804441 application/epub+zip 143910 2025-06-22T13:16:58.311455 application/epub+zip 1102228 2025-06-22T13:17:05.464366 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1078271 2025-06-22T13:17:02.089442 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 172518 2022-08-25T12:34:17.785955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153043 2025-06-22T13:16:57.320427 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 152953 2020-06-14T23:14:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18102 2025-06-22T13:17:05.783373 application/rdf+xml 27299 2025-06-22T13:16:58.410408 image/jpeg 4100 2025-06-22T13:16:58.360402 image/jpeg 51114 2020-06-14T23:14:39 application/octet-stream application/zip 985754 2018-02-06T13:54:28 application/octet-stream application/zip 986031 2025-06-22T13:16:57.897469 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog