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    <body><![CDATA[I didn't want to like this.  Too cute.  Too inane.  That's what I kept telling myself.  But in the furry little animals genre, it veers more on the 'Bunnicula' side, and less on the &quot;Geronimo Stilton' side.  This is about an intellectual hamster.  And I loved Joe Cepeda's deceptively simple pen...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72904048">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A self assured Hamster finds himself in the loving hands of a little girl, teaches himself how to read, and ends up in the hands of a cat and guinea pig owner who he must learn to get along with.  I guess it fills a void, everyone on Earth seems to love this book but me.  It was okay, but a little o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65305057">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My brother adored this book, and I'm fully behind it as well.  Freddy the Hamster, head thick with stories of a mythical golden land for hamsters, attempts to locate this land while learning how to read, type, and befriending a few hamster enemies along the way.  <br/><br/>I'd recommend it to anyo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/50484209">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have gerbils, and my coworker thought I’d enjoy a series written “by” a hamster. Sort of like a cross between Ralph Mouse and the Bunnicula series (both of which I loved as a kid), this is a cute series with some glaringly obvious—to adults at least—plot holes. I better keep all pencils ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55872385">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cute book! I liked it! I think it was very creative! you don't always come by a book about lazy tomcats, singing and rhyming guenia pigs, and adorable talking hamsters. I read 1,2,and 5 of the series and i REALLY want to find 3 and 4.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really LOL. The drawings are so cute.  I liked the other ones too.  It would be really cool if there was such as a type-writing hamster!!   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a cute book. I read it at school and it took me a little bit but it was kind of fun. I would like to read the sequel.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Haha wow this book is hilarious. it is for sure a book for all ages. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[THE BOOK WAS FUNNY!a hamster like that is so cool.<br/>]]></body>
    
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