Squirrel seeks chipmunk : a modest bestiary
David Sedaris ; illustrations by Ian Falconer.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2010.
- viii, 159 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
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.
Sedaris uses weirdly offbeat animal fables to reflect on what's wrong with humans.