The Illustrated Compendium of Amazing Animal Facts

An artfully playful collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about animals, each illustrated in whimsical detail by Swedish artist Maja S fstr m.

New York Timesbestseller .An artfully playful collection of unexpected and remarkable facts about animals, illustrated by Swedish artist Maja S fstr m.

Did you know that an octopus has three hearts?
Or that ostriches can’t walk backward?
Or that a group of owls is called a parliament, or that they have three eyelids?

Sea otters hold hands in their sleep, bees never sleep, and penguins laugh when they’re tickled!

This charming compendium contains over 100 pages of fascinating facts about the animal kingdom illustrated with whimsical detail.