This new Beginner Book about manic skiing squirrels--by J. Hamilton Ray with illustrations by Pascal Lemaitre--has the feeling of an old classic read-aloud. "Nobody knew how the mania grew. First there was one, and then there were two. Three more came gliding from under the trees. LOOK On the hill. Those are squirrels on skis Below lay the town, snow-covered and still. Not a sound could be heard. All was silent, until . . . Swwwishhhh...