The Book of Clever Beasts: Studies in Unnatural History

A witty collector of natural anecdotes relocates to a rural cabin with his cat and keeps an observation ledger while recounting a series of animal sketches. Each chapter treats a different creature through humorous, anthropomorphic episodes that mix mock-scientific classification, imaginative field notes, and playful illustration. The pieces alternate between gentle satire of nature-writing and affectionate portraits of animal behavior, closing with an appendix and bibliographic acknowledgments that situate the lighthearted vignettes within contemporary natural-history reading.