Furry Logic: A Guide to Life's Little Challenges

by Jane Seabrook

- A humorous collection of quotes and drawings that turns life's little challenges into opportunities for laughter.- An ideal gift for Mother's or Father's Day, birthdays, graduations, anniversaries,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1580085695
• ISBN13: 9781580085694
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 6.2"

Customer Reviews

Guaranteed to give you the "warm and furries."

New Zealand artist Jane Seabrook has succeeded in creating one of the most charming and amusing gift books ever! Using captivating watercolor animal portraits to illustrate aphorisms, many of them with new twists, she puts life into perspective on many levels--and does so with panache. A precariously balanced coqui frog says, "I try to take one day at a time...but sometimes several days attack me at once." A baby alligator emerging from its egg states, "I didn't claw my way to the top of the food chain to eat roughage!" A hyperactive chipmunk announces, "It's been lovely. But I have to s c r e a m now." Seabrook's art techniques allow her to pull off a book which in the hands of a lesser, less painstaking artist might be just "cute." Her paintings are rich and meticulously detailed--beautifully drawn with a sable brush of a single hair. Piling up many layers of watercolor, she builds her drawings and achieves depth, yet somehow still manages to convey a sense of spontaneity. The eyes of each animal "character" sparkle with what appears to be secret understanding of the message. Whimsical and full of surprises, this is the perfect gift book, even (or maybe, especially) for curmudgeons. Mary Whipple

Wonderful artwork matched to sayings!

Buy this book! I saw this in a local boutique shop, thumbed through it, chuckled, and promptly purchased it. Jane Seabrook's artwork is incredible, perfectly tongue-in-cheek to go with the sayings she illustrates. Her website for this series has some great examples and downloads.

Furry Logic

What exquisite illustrations, what reassuring words. A precious little jewel of a book to be salivated over anywhere - the bathroom, the car, a mountaintop, to remind one that life is precious and to live it to the full. (it tells you how to do it too!)

Perfect book for gift giving!

Someone at my office purchased this book on a whim. It has been passed around to everyone in the department and now everyone wants a copy (sometimes more than 1 copy!). One lf the girls is even making a special trip to the touristy boutique where the book was purchased to pick up copies for all of us. The drawings are so life-like and the animal expressions are perfectly suited to the droll sayings. This book is a real "pick-me-up" and is sure to make you smile and even laugh outright!

You will LOVE this book!

I saw this book at a school library conference and bought several copies to give as gifts. The animals have perfect facial expressions and body language to represent what we go through and feel everyday. I bought the book for anniversary presents, but it also suits certain people I know. It is perfect for relationships, for example, it says, "Never go to bed mad- stay up and fight."