The Books

Crabtree

by Jon Nichols
Illustrated by Tucker Nichols

One Potato Review

Hoarder therapy and ontological motherlode. Crabtree loses his false teeth and needs to get suddenly organizing his epic household clutter. Some highlights: oily doilies, pork on a spoon, falafel with a tall waffle, decoy ducks (along with spare eyeballs), Gilligan hat, hat for making scrambled eggs, coats of armor and armoires of coats, parking meters and ceramic clowns, a Speedo, a scallop, a seal stamp – everything sortable by one category or another. There’s Food. The Letter S. Yellow Things, and Yapping Dogs. There’s even a heading called I Don’t Know What These Things Are. Witty and weirdly absorbing. If you’re going to be pointing and naming, you may as well be having a blast.