We wrote this for the Guardian Children’s Books Family Review

  
I liked this book because not only is it a great read aloud story with rhyming text & beautiful illustrations but it also has an important message about jealousy, fear and diversity. Freya loved this book because it features ‘Abracazebra’, a zebra doing magic tricks.
In a town called Yawnalot nothing much happens, and what passes as entertainment is visiting Goat on his boat. This all changes when Abracazebra arrives – a fabulous magician who brings colour, fun & stripes to the town. Jealous of the attention the new magician is getting, Goat decides ‘stripes are bad’, and it is only after Abracazebra has been driven away that Goat realises what they have lost and sets to work to get her back.
The rhyme helps the story be told at a good pace and there illustrations provide humour and warmth to create this great story.