I received this book from the publisher/Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.

Back in 2022 I read Groundhog Secrets which was quite a fun book to read and so when I spotted this one on Netgalley (plus read a fellow blogger’s review) I knew I wanted to read this one as well. I hope that it was just a bit less monotone.

In this one we meet a little chipmunk called Fiston who is going to tell us all about being a chipmunk . From that they were called that because of the sound they make (which I didn’t know), different names for them in the world (including the adorable Wood Tigers) to how female chipmunks sing a song when they want to mate (cute) to much more. This isn’t a big book but it is packed to the brim with delightful and fun facts. And I have to say I learned a lot of things! I knew some things, but a lot was new to me which is always a delight.

Unlike the other book we only learn about chipmunks in this one. There are maybe 1 or 2 facts about other squirrels, but that is it. I definitely wouldn’t minded more squirrel facts though.

Each fact (or facts if the page has more than one) is accompanied by adorable photographs of chipmunks. I love that the quality of the photographs was high (at least for almost all of them). I have read several other children non-fiction ARCs that had the worst quality, so I was greatly enjoying this one. I almost reached out a few times to give the little one a pet.

But the monotony stayed. It was just fact after fact with cute photograph after cute photograph. I was hoping that we would get to see Fiston going on adventures and then learning all about the little critter as the story continued. I probably won’t be picking up the next book if one releases, unless something changes.

Still, I had fun with this book, I learned a lot, and I went awww quite a lot of times as I read. I would still recommend it, just don’t expect a story, it is all facts.