Animalium

You can't tell from the photo, but Animalium is huge, as big as previous newsletter favorite Maps (it's from the same publisher, the well-named Big Picture). But while Maps brings a doodly whimsy to its geographical facts, Animalium is reverent towards its subjects, with giant, lush illustrations across the animal kingdom and well-chosen facts that make this the kind of book a curious kid (or grownup) can get lost in for hours at a time.