When I expect guests, I casually put a few interesting books in a prominent place in advance. The kind that are interesting to pick up and just quickly leaf through.
For example, some albums or illustrated encyclopedias. Cookery books are also suitable. They brighten up the guests' wait for snacks and drinks, while the hosts, as always at the beginning of the evening, are bustling about in the kitchen. They also save from pauses and give ideas for discussions in the first minutes, while the conversations are just getting going.
And this book is just that, entertaining for everyone, and delighting everyone: adults, children, adult guests, and children of guests! It contains life-size drawings of animals in their entirety or just parts of their bodies - shark teeth, an elephant's foot, a crocodile's head, a huge squid eye, a giant (incredibly giant!) frog, a tiny cute lemur... You put different body parts to the pictures - and you are simply amazed! In addition to the pictures, the book contains interesting rare facts about each animal. For example, imagine, an anteater can eat a huge number of termites in one sitting, but it will never destroy the colony completely, it leaves some so that it can recover.
The book is initially large and the pages unfold additionally - it becomes simply enormous; the illustrations, made in the collage technique from paper, look very original and naturalistic, it even seems that you can feel the texture of fur or leather.
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