Peruvian animals to play
Micaela Chirif and Loreto Salinas
Lima: Planeta, 2021
ISBN: 978-6123196509
This is a very useful book.
It is used to draw beautiful things: the paiche’s river, the dreams of the lazy bear, the skateboard of the capybara.
It is used to put socks on flamingos, shoes on tarantulas and feathers on jaguars.
It serves to combine animals and human beings.
It is used to sing with whales, tell stories to the spectacled bear and dance with the starfish.
It serves to ask interesting questions, such as what is the vizcacha thinking about? How old is the toucan? What flavor is the cake that the capybara has prepared for the birthday party? What jokes make the penguin laugh?
It serves to answer these questions and also to go ask other people: your grandmother, your brother, your neighbor or the store owner.
And what is all that for? Well, to play, which is the most useful thing in the world.