No, people, you don't understand
The Animal Family is the most damn wholesome book I have ever read in my life.
Like seriously.
There are some many dawwwww moments in it I can't even.
Case in point: big awkward hunter falls in love with a mermaid. And she moves into his house. Except she hates that the house doesn't move. She can't sleep still. So he makes her a rocking chair.
And they adopt a bear. And a lynx. AND a baby.
And it is so beautifully written.