Edmund Spenser in the early eighteenth century Book

This is a fun poem. I'm happy as the first guest brought to dinner is a giraffe. I do love giraffe's. So this feels like a lyric poem to me. The artwork uses unconventional colors in some ways. I like this book.

It does make me wonder why the queen and King keep inviting this little boy over for things. Do they love the friends he brings, or are they related to him? Or is he really good at interesting conversation? Who knows. Whatever the case, the king and queen keep inviting this lad over and he asks to bring a friend and they always say yes.

The kids got into this book. They kept guessing who the child would bring to dinner next. The nephew kept wanting to see a gaggle of penguins, which did not happen. The boy, we learn, lives at the zoo, so it makes sense these are his friends. The niece loved seeing the monkeys and she said, "I bet they are throwing poop balls at the king and queen." Both kids got laughing at that. They go to the zoo a ton, so they know. They both gave this 4 stars. We had a fun time all reading this together.