You know what the world really needs? Marxist sociological analysis, filtered through Durkheim, of what animals do what sorts of jobs in Richard Scarry books.
Ah, but
that need has been filled! Eight years ago! The diagram at p. 222 is the key to the article.
Owls, for example, are pre-industrial. The author surmises that their faces reminded Scarry of woodcuts of German craftsmen.
. . . I'm both glad this exists, and sorry.
On the other hand, TV on the Radio? Totally awesome!