Holiday House | 978-0823453580
If you haven’t already read ZOONI TALES, let me introduce you to the second book, Zooni Tales: A Friend to the End, a delightful early reader graphic novel by Vikram Madan. Full of vim and vigor, Zooni is the adorable lead in this collection. In three full-length stories and two mini comics, Zooni guides newly independent readers through one adventure after another. In the first story, titled, Bumbled Bee, Zooni cleverly helps his new friend, Bee, find her way home. It seems she’s bumped her head and bent her wing, and can’t remember anything!
“Which way’s my hive?
Where should I go?
My head’s so bumbled,
I don’t know!”
Text and illustrations by Vikram Madan
Luckily, Zooni is there to help. Along the way, they discover an ant nest complete with a dancing queen, and eventually put together enough clues so that Bee finds her way home and Zooni is crowned an honorary Honey Bee.
In the second story, Racing Day, Zooni and his pals are ready!
“We’ll zip and zoom,
we’ll swerve and chase!
But no one knows
who’ll win this race!”
Before long, KA-BOOM! Cat’s in trouble and Zooni is there to help.
Whey don’t you hop into my ride?
We’ll keep on racing, side by side.
Text and illustrations by Vikram Madan
Ever helpful, Zooni comes to the rescue of other friends along the way. “Remember, friends, we’re here for fun. Let’s stick together till we’re done.” And so they do, all the way to a happy ending.
In Cheese, the third story, Zooni, Pig, and Sheep look to the skies for their next adventure. Their destination? The Moon! They’ve filled their cargo hold with bread and will collect the cheese to go with, once they land. As you might imagine, things don’t go as planned, but not to worry, Zooni, Pig, and Sheep come through, make three new friends, and celebrate with more than one party!
Likeable and endearing, Zooni and his friends entertain from beginning to end with brightly colored, charming illustrations, rhyming text, and plenty of antics to keep kids laughing.
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Enjoy this delightful ACTIVITY KIT created by the publisher to accompany Zooni Tales: Keep it Up, Plucky Pup, and Zooni Tales: A Friend to the End.
