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Zoe the Zebra (Get Well Friends) by Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan (view source)
Revision as of 14:48, 2 January 2012
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In our house, we are trying to introduce nature and wildlife to our child as a non-terrifying experience and placing emphasis on animals that eat other animals as part of ''life's rich tapestry'' as opposed to lions - for instance - being creatures that could potentially be hiding in the wardrobe because they just want to eat you (we had this conversation at some length just prior to bedtime even though I had the presence of mind to read the story to my child some 4 hours earlier, based on the ''scary'' nature of the protagonist's neighbours).
So to summarise, I personally can't recommend this particular book in the series of Get Well Friends, though there are others that fare considerably better, for instance [[Pedro The Penguin (Get Well Friends) by Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan|Pedro the Penguin]] (which we have also reviewed for you here at Bookbag) purely by virtue of the fact that it does not achieve what it set out to. I think my 4 year old got the message - i.e. that you should always pay attention to what you are doing and look where you are going in case you fall and injure yourself - but it was somewhat overshadowed by the ''big, scary animals''.
Lastly, we would very much like to thank the kind ladies and gents at Hodder Childrens' Books for sending us this copy to review.