Peruvian animals to play

Micaela Chirif and Loreto Salinas
Lima: Planeta, 2021
ISBN: 978-6123196509

This is a very useful book.

It can be used to draw beautiful things: the paiche’s river, the sloth’s dreams, the capybara’s skateboard.
It can be used to put socks on flamingos, shoes on a tarantula, and feathers on a jaguar.
It can be used to mix animals and humans.
It can be used to sing with whales, tell stories to the spectacled bear, and dance with starfish.

It can be used to ask interesting questions, like:
What is the vizcacha thinking about?
How old is the toucan turning?
What flavor is the cake the capybara made for the birthday party?
What jokes make the penguin laugh?

It can be used to answer these questions—or to run off and ask them to someone else: your grandmother, your brother, your neighbor, or the shopkeeper.

And what is all this good for? Well, for playing—which is the most useful thing in the world.