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Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

  • 192 pages · about 3 hours
  • First published 2010
  • 16 editions

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1 About this book

If animals were more like us, if mice kept pets and toads could cuss, if dogs had wives and chipmunks dated, sheep sat still and meditated, then in the forest, field, and dairy you might find this bestiary, read by storks, by rats and kitties, skimmed by cows with milk-stained titties.

"I found the book to be most droll," might quip the bear, the owl, the mole. Others, though, would be more coarse. "Bull," could say the pig and horse. As to the scribe, they'd quote the hen: "Trust me, he's no La Fontaine."

Good for readers who want: humor and short stories.

  • American wit and humor
  • Animals
  • Humor
  • Humor, topic
  • Wit and Humor as Topic
  • Short stories
  • Animal behavior

2 About David Sedaris

Born 1956

David Raymond Sedaris ( sih-DAIR-iss; born December 26, 1956) is an American humorist, comedian, author, and radio contributor. He was publicly recognized in 1992 when National Public Radio broadcast his essay "Santaland Diaries". He published his first collection of essays and short stories, Barrel Fever, in 1994.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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