Book number 10 is about an unusual animal, a Yellow-bellied marmot, a rock chuck. Upon adopting such an unusual critter from a houseful of rescued and exotic birds, I knew it was love at first sight. Sunshine looked like a funky brush. Her front legs were wallaby-like, and stubby black legs were buried under her very Buddha-like belly. She looked at me, let out a few chirps, and home we went to begin a life of terrorizing our cats, begging for avocados,...