You would think Lucy Cousins’s favourite animal would be a mouse but surprisingly it isn’t. Eric Carle has asked 14 of the world’s leading children’s book illustrators what their favourite animal is and why. This makes for a diverse and fun book, particularly when you have Mo Willems nominating the Amazonian Neotropical Lower River Tink-Tink as his favourite animal!

This is a charming book with excellent contributor biographies at the back and autographs on the cover under the dust jacket. Inspire your child to illustrate their own ideal creature after reading this with them.

For ages 3 and up.

Alexa Dretzke