One Potato Review

Not a counting book, anyway. Radunsky follows Ten, about a couple of besotted armadillos who suddenly have a lot of extra caring to do, with the reckless, improvisatory boasting of One (formerly Six), who is smarter, braver, louder and more shamelessly name-dropping than all of his siblings. Armadillos may be bald, but here is the guy who has invented a secret formula for growing hair. Never shy about asserting himself authorially, Radunsky is having a lot of fun with this story. When that charming little braggart announces “I am the fastest. I’m like Super Jet. Hey, what was that? Was that me? Wow, that was fast!” you get the feeling he’s referring to his creator as much as himself. Knowing and irresistible.