Animalia Photography by Evan Sung and Molly Tavoletti with Shauna Varvel’s quintessential 18th-century

with Shauna Varvel’s quintessential 18th-century Rhône valley farmhouse—Le Mas des Poiriers—as its centerpiece

documenting both untrammeled nature and the human project that relentlessly redesigns the planet in its quest to build shelter

fried foods

and much more in these comically terrifying tales

and the persistence of a few good friends

Animalia Photography by Evan Sung and Molly Tavoletti with Shauna Varvel’s quintessential 18th-centuryWith over 3 million copies sold around the world, Graeme Bases amazing alliterative alphabet book Animalia is one of the most beloved childrens picture books of all time, treasured by children and parents alike as a special reading experience. So extraordinary, so extravagantly illustrated, so astonishingly alliterative, so thoroughly delightful that any child who does not soon possess it may rightly feel his education has been shamefully neglected.