Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

A Modest Bestiary

192 pages

English language

Published Nov. 12, 2011 by Little Brown & Company.

ISBN:
978-0-316-03840-9
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4 stars (1 review)

2 editions

Review of 'Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

I have to use Marisa Meltzer words on this one: "Delightfully bizarre... It's an animal kingdom more like us than we could ever know". Definitely bizarre, you'll probably find a situation you've been through in more than one of the animal stories in this book. Don't think this is a funny book with children stories because they are about our society and each of them is only funny if you appreciate dark humour. It's made of seventeen short stories and I felt some were quite on spot: "The Migrating Warblers", "The Toad, the Turtle and the Duck" and "The Sick Rat and the Healthy Rat". "The Grieving Owl" is the funniest story and starts with a great illustration. I'd give 3 stars to some stories and 4 to others, so I'll leave it in 4. Quite an interesting book to have by the computer while waiting for it to do …

Subjects

  • Fiction, short stories (single author)
  • Fiction, humorous
  • Humor, topic, animals
  • Bestiaries