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|title=Zoe the Zebra (Get Well Friends)
|author=Kes Gray and Mary McQuillan
|borrow=Yes
|isbn=978-1444900255
|pages=32
|publisher=978-1444900255
|date=October 2011
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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 ChildrensChildren' s Books for sending us this copy to review.
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