I just got it about a week ago. US Games had a sale of 10% off your whole order so I added it hoping it would be nice. I don't know if there's a companion book available, I just got the deck that comes with the LWB. The LWB is pretty informative so I don't know that you would need the companion book. The cards are approx 3-1/8" x 4-3/4" or 80mm x 120mm for those of you metric users out there. They have a nice slick feel, they shuffle nicely, they are a tad thin. Not too thin but thinner. They could get bent easily. I will probably get another set sometime just to put away in case this gets too ratty.
The illustrations are beautiful. There are lots of animals, almost every card has one. There are a lot of eagles, bears and wolves but they are all used appropriately on the cards and you don't feel like they are repetitive. I really like them.
Here's the list of animals by card
bear/hawk/antelope (on one card)
eagle
3 eagles
owl/horse
turtle
frog
thunderbird
butterfly
bison (buffalo)
eagle
wolf/cougar
brown bear
hawk
polar bear
black wolf
male deer (buck)
cougar
hawk
frogs
elk
raccoons - 3 babies too cute!!
owl/hummingbird/hawk/raven
bear/eagle/buck/wolf
goose
winter bison
white geese
eagle/wolves
brown bear
eagles
horses
eagle
eagle
horses
eagles
cougars - very sweet card - kind of a lovers card
black bird or crow, can't tell
black bear/fish
brown bear, wolf, eagle
I have been looking for a nice animal deck. It would be nice if they would expand this to a full tarot deck. I really like the artwork. Very nice!
Karen