Lous Martens has five grandchildren – Jaap, Zeno, Anna, Julian and Luca – and has begun to make an animal album for each new addition to the family. Although it has been seventeen years since the first, Jaap, was born, none of the five books are finished yet. Made up of images of animals pasted together and cut out of newspapers and art, literature and science magazines, as well as stamps and photographs from advertising brochures, the books are a joy to read as they evolve as new elements are added. Interestingly, the books were never intended to be published, but are now collected in one large volume, an embodiment of family love and devotion.
