{"id":1359,"date":"2013-05-11T12:56:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T12:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2013-05-11T13:02:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T13:02:16","slug":"zoe-and-beans-by-chloe-mick-inkpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/2013\/05\/zoe-and-beans-by-chloe-mick-inkpen\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe and Beans by Chloe &#038; Mick Inkpen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were lucky enough to be sent a couple of Zoe and Beans books to review. <\/p>\n<p>The first was Zoe and Beans Look at me! &#8211; one of a new series of board books.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-134042.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-134042.jpg\" alt=\"20130511-134042.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nZoe &#038; her friend Oscar are playing dressing up. The book is full of completely adorable, gorgeous scenes of two children having fun dressing up, as pirates, robots &#038; more. The last spread is a real delight bringing a huge grin to my face.<\/p>\n<p>Freya loves looking at the illustrations while insisting that Zoe &#038; Oscar are actually Bryn &#038; Freya. I find Zoe a fantastically funny &#038; feisty character, characteristics she shares with Freya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-134247.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-134247.jpg\" alt=\"20130511-134247.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><br \/>The next book we looked at was Zoe and Beans Hello Oscar.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-134935.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-134935.jpg\" alt=\"20130511-134935.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this story Zoe finds a guinea pig at the bottom of her garden, then another, then a tortoise followed by a menagerie of animals till eventually she meets their owner, Oscar.<br \/>\n Bryn&#8217;s only complaint was he didn&#8217;t want the story to end &#038; I could understand why, having been introduced to Oscar we were keen to find out more about him &#038; his animals. <\/p>\n<p>As with other Zoe and Beans books we loved the illustrations &#038; the humour in the story, the chameleon camaflouging as Zoe&#8217;s dress made us smile. Zoe&#8217;s independent spirit and her willingness to look after all these animals made this an enjoyable read. We look forward to more adventures from Zoe and Beans. (and hopefully Oscar)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-140212.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/20130511-140212.jpg\" alt=\"20130511-140212.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: I received these book from the publisher. I was not asked to write this post, nor was I given any money for doing so, and the review represents my own honest opinion.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were lucky enough to be sent a couple of Zoe and Beans books to review. The first was Zoe and Beans Look at me! &#8211; one of a new series of board books. Zoe &#038; her friend Oscar are playing dressing up. 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