Zebra's Day Out
by Susan Polites and Gabrielle Scully Illustrated by Rex Patrick
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GENRE: Children's
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BLURB:
Zebra is excited when he hears that he will be going out to the cafe with Gabrielle and Gran. But there is a lot that Zebra still has to learn about days out. Is a cafe anything like the circus in the picture book? Will he like the food there? Will there be playing?
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Excerpt One:
One day, Zebra heard Gabrielle’s Mama say, “Gran is coming to look after you today.” Zebra was excited; he liked it when Gran came over.
After breakfast the doorbell rang. Gabrielle opened the door and there was Gran, with a big smile on her face. Zebra thought she looked like the smiling circus clown in Gabrielle’s storybook – except without a tomato for a nose.
“Now, what shall we do today?” Gran said.
“Play!” said Gabrielle.
So they played with all of Gabrielle’s toys.
Even Zebra.
After a while Gran said, “I’m thirsty!”
“Me too!” said Gabrielle.
“Let’s go to the café.”
“Can Lucy and Rainbow and Zebra come too?” asked Gabrielle.
Gran wasn’t sure. Zebra did cause quite a lot of trouble sometimes.
“Oh please!” Gabrielle said.
“Zebra will promise to be good. Won’t you, Zebra?”
But Zebra was not listening.
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My review: A fun day out with Gran and some of Gabrielle’s toys, including a spirited, little zebra.
Lovely abstract watercolored illustrations!
My rating: 4 stars
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Susan Polites is a freelance story-writer, and her ten-year-old granddaughter Gabrielle Scully likes writing stories too. When they spend days together they often share in the adventures of Gabrielle's toy-friends. During the pandemic lockdown in Melbourne they were unable to meet in person, so they decided to work together remotely and write down some of the toy-friends' adventures. Gabrielle's great-grandfather Rex Patrick, an architect and artist, had done a series of illustrations when he first heard about the adventures, and Gabrielle added some of her own drawings to make the story into an early-childhood picture book, and a family project.
PURCHASE LINKS ZEBRA'S DAY OUT
AMAZON.COM
https://amazon.com/dp/0228839831
AMAZON.CA
https://amazon.ca/dp/0228839831
BOOKSHOP
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INDIGO CHAPTERS
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BARNES & NOBLE
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BOOK DEPOSITORY
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER CODE:
The
authors will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly
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Thanks for hosting! This was a fun project when we were sheltering in place.
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