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The Zebra's Great Escape
- Narrator
- Jamie Parker
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2022
- Run Time
- 34 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Picture storybooks: bedtime stories, sleep and dreams, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ponies, horses and related animals, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rodents and rabbits
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What to expect
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A TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
**'The year's most magnificent adventure' - Guardian**
**'Fizzing with anarchic energy' - Daily Mail**
**'An intoxicating adventure' - Observer**
**'Utterly engaging' - Sunday Times**
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Mink doesn’t believe in rules. She loves running wild and free. So, when a zebra appears in the square where she lives and she finds out that his parents have been captured by the evil Mr Spit, she knows that it’s up to her to help.
So begins a grand adventure to rescue a whole menagerie of animals – an adventure that will take all of Mink’s courage and determination.
Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a timeless picture book about bravery, friendship and the importance of taking action. With stunning illustrations by award-winning illustrator Sara Ogilvie, illustrator of The Detective Dog, this modern classic from bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell is an unmissable treat.
Critics Review
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Joyously anarchic in both word and illustration, sizzling with imagination and colour
Guardian
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An intoxicating adventure
Observer Picture Books of the Month
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Fizzing with anarchic energy, this beautifully illustrated escapade is a romp from start to finish
Daily Mail
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Rundell and Ogilvie have more than earned their stripes as a duo with this pacy zebra caper
The Times
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A delightful modern-day classic with a strong-willed and determined young girl whose passion for fighting for what is right is something all readers can aspire to
Books for Keeps
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Rundell has identified a need in the children’s books market: longer, wordier picture books for five to seven-year-olds that have the large pages and beautiful pictures of titles for younger children but with more challenging language, a meatier story and some very fruity baddies
Times Children's Book of the Week
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Utterly engaging
Sunday Times
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The year's most magnificent adventure
Guardian - Best Children's Books of the Year
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A writer with an utterly distinctive voice and wild imagination
Philip Pullman
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One of our most talented writers for children
Observer
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Rundell’s playful style is paired with the bright, bustling drawings of Ogilvie to tell an intoxicating adventure.
The Guardian
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Sara Ogilvie’s illustrations are gorgeous, full of energy one minute, tenderness the next.
LoveReading4Kids
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Details
- Author
- Katherine Rundell, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie
- Narrator
- Jamie Parker
- Duration
- 34 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2022
- ISBN
- 9781526654328
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories, Picture storybooks: bedtime stories, sleep and dreams, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ponies, horses and related animals, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Rodents and rabbits
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell, read by Jamie Parker._______________A TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK**'The year's most magnificent adventure' - Guardian****'Fizzing with anarchic energy' - Daily Mail****'An intoxicating adventure' - Observer****'Utterly engaging' - Sunday Times**_______________Mink doesn’t believe in rules. She loves running wild and free. So, when a zebra appears in the square where she lives and she finds out that his parents have been captured by the evil Mr Spit, she knows that it’s up to her to help. So begins a grand adventure to rescue a whole menagerie of animals – an adventure that will take all of Mink’s courage and determination. Written with generous helpings of warmth and humour, this is a timeless picture book about bravery, friendship and the importance of taking action. With stunning illustrations by award-winning illustrator Sara Ogilvie, illustrator of The Detective Dog, this modern classic from bestselling children's author Katherine Rundell is an unmissable treat.
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