ANIMAL FAMILY Author:Randall Jarrell This is the story of how, one by one, a man found himself a family. Almost nowhere in fiction is there a stranger, dearer, or funnier family -- and the life that the members of The Animal Familylive together, there in the wilderness beside the sea, is as extraordinary and as enchanting as the family itself.
Beautiful, sensitive, sweet story. Not appropriate for very young children, because of a mother's death, but otherwise perfect to read to kids. Thoughtful and lovely, I've gotten it for a number of my adult friends too.