Jimmy Squirrel and the Crazy Market

by Paul Andrew Jarvis, Silvia Rita Capursi

A bilingual story and activity book for children and language-learning adults.

For grumpy Jimmy Squirrel, happiness is stretching out sleepily in the sun with just his iPod and a pawful of nuts to keep him company. But when his cheeky rabbit friends, Maddie and Bella, drag him along on their trip to the mysterious Blue Stone Wood, Jimmy discovers that there is more to life than he ever dreamed of.

The book includes a "Games & Activities" section.


Un racconto bilingue con attività rivolto ai bambini e ad adulti che vogliano imparare la lingua inglese.

Per quel brontolone di Jimmy Scoiattolo, la felicità consiste nello sdraiarsi al sole con soltanto il suo iPod e un po' di noci come compagnia. Ma quando le sue impertinenti amiche conigliette, Maddie e Bella, lo trascinano con loro fino al misterioso Bosco delle Pietre Blu, Jimmy scopre che la vita può riservare delle sorprese che lui non avrebbe mai immaginato.


Il libro comprende una sezione con giochi e attività.

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2013

About the author

Paul Andrew Jarvis was born and educated in Birkenhead, England. His first English teaching experience was in Pau, France, where from 1984-1985 he worked as a language assistant at the Lycée Louis Barthou and the Collège du Bois d’Amour. After graduating from the University of Sheffield in 1986 with a degree in French Language and Literature, he spent two years teaching English to students in the Arts, Law and Science faculties of the University of Le Mans, in France. In 1989 he obtained a Post-Graduate Teaching Certificate in Modern Languages from Goldsmiths’ College, University of London, before moving to Italy, where he taught EFL at Lord Byron College and the British School. For the past 24 years he has taught English at the Faculty of Arts and LELIA at the University of Bari, and since the year 2000 he has also been lecturing at the Polytechnic of Bari. In addition, he has worked as a freelance translator, writes a monthly column for English language students in the online newspaper da BITONTO.