Format:
Book
Title:
Squirrel seeks chipmunk : a modest bestiary / David Sedaris ; illustrations by Ian Falconer.
Author:
Sedaris, David.
Call Number:
FIC SEDARIS D
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
Description:
viii, 159 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 19 cm.
Summary:
The author presents a collection of three animal-themed essays. In The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck, a group of complete strangers bitterly discuss the order of things within the animal kingdom. In Hello Kitty, a miserable alcoholic cat attends AA. In The Squirrel and the Chipmunk, two lovers are torn apart by their quarreling families.
Subjects:
Bestiaries -- Fiction.
Animals -- Fiction.
American wit and humor.
Genre:
Fables.
Other Author:
Falconer, Ian, 1959-2023
Contents:
The cat and the baboon -- The migrating warblers -- The squirrel and the chipmunk -- The toad, the turtle, and the duck -- The motherless bear -- The mouse and the snake -- The parenting storks -- The faithful setter -- The crow and the lamb -- The sick rat and the healthy rat -- The cow and the turkey -- The vigilant rabbit -- The judicious brown chicken -- The parrot and the potbellied pig -- Hello kitty -- The grieving owl.
ISBN:
9780316038393
0316038393
9780316038409