Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk

Sedaris in a different genre. Not a five but mostly delightful!

As a lover of all David Sedaris's memoirs, and as a lover of cute illustrations of animals, I picked this up on a whim with high hopes a few years ago. Recently I spotted it on my bookshelf and after having read a morbid thriller, thought it would be nice for a light change. Unfortunately (or fortunately, I suppose, depending on what you're looking for) this book is also morbid: a modernized, satirized twist on children's fables, complete with a zinger moral at the end of each story. While I appreciate the clever satire, it wasn't the reading experience for which I had hoped. Quick read, though, and lovely (though, again - kind of morbid) illustrations.

Cute, funny, insightful, charming. A lovely book, it would no doubt make a good one to read out loud.