Rating: Three Stars ***
Genre: Humor
Summary: Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk is a humorous collection of fables about animals and their human tendencies. The stories often involve the relationships between animal species, which incorporates a lining of zany prejudices and misinterpretations. The Squirrel and the Chipmunk is one of the more memorable stories where the Squirrel dates the Chipmunk even though everyone thinks that their relationship won't work out. They can agree about topics like acorns and the irritability of dogs, but when the topic of jazz arises, the Chipmunk wants the relationship to work out so badly that she agrees to like jazz, even though it may be "slang for something terrible - like anal intercourse?" "Oh, I like that too..."
Evaluation: David Sedaris does isn't as clever in these fables, as he is in his other essays, but it is a unique take from his normal writing. The stories are successful at being quirky and strange, and the drawings by Ian Falconer, the same illustrator of Olivia , makes it an attractive read.
Read-a-likes: Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
Holidays on Ice and other books by David Sedaris
All My Friends Are Dead by Avery Monsen
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