Thornton W. Burgess 
The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel 

Caught between certain death at the paws of Shadow the Weasel and the claws of Redtail the Hawk, Chatterer the Red Squirrel finds himself on the run from his home and his stores of nuts and seeds just as winter is coming on. But Chatterer's unruly tongue gets him into all sorts of trouble with the animals who might have sheltered him from the cold. Can he learn to be a better friend and find a place to stay before the first snow?