The author read this book to many students at various schools before it was published. Here are comments from the teachers: "Lots of humor." "Lots of opportunities for predicting throughout the story." "There was lots of action to keep students engaged and great dialogue from the chipmunks." "I loved the play on words at the end " "What a super way to review counting patterns, 2-D shapes and 3-D solids. I'm definitely adding this book to my collection of teaching books." Here are some comments from students: "You get to learn something and laugh at the same time." "I liked how chipmunks talked so, so fast and kept interrupting a lot-that was funny"