cover image Zella, Zack and Zodiac

Zella, Zack and Zodiac

Bill Peet. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $7.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-395-52207-3

When Zella the zebra gives birth to baby Zodiac, Zack--her adopted ostrich--repays his foster parent by protecting the new colt. Peet's alliterative rhyming fable is perfectly paired with his delectable drawings of jungle creatures. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)